success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
price; cost; value; worth; value
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
secretary (government); director; chief
several years; a few years
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
periodic; regular; routine
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
classification; categorization; sorting
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
natural disaster; cataclysm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
family; relatives; dependents; household
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint