first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
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. 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
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
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; establishment; development
prime minister; premier; chancellor
beyond this point; from now on; after this
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety