good young man; agreeable youth
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
face with no make-up; sobriety
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
man; male; masculine gender
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
deviation; departure; omission
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
place; room; margin; scope
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
pitch dark; total darkness
lower region; lower part; region below
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
entire world; whole world; world stage
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
to leave (a scene); to step away
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
rare (or peculiar) animal
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness