to select (the best); to choose; to pick out
frequenting (e.g. a bar); staying around (e.g. at someone's house); haunting
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
parent-child relationship
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
penalty; sentence; punishment
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
verge of death; dying moments
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to babble in one's cups; to ramble drunkenly
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
clearing one's throat; cough
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
that kind; competition; match