to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
patience; endurance; perseverance
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
prime minister; premier; chancellor
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety