dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense; attention to one's appearance; grooming-consciousness
temporary sewing; basting
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; exaggeration; overstatement
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
presentation techniques; way of showing something
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
tide; current; tendency; trend
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
total energy; all efforts
neat and clean; tidy; trim
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
sympathy; compassion; pity
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
nothing but; except; no more than
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province