to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
composite; combined; complex
phantom; vision; illusion
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
year on year; on the previous year
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
plowing and weeding; farming; cultivation; tillage
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
charming; fascinating; attractive
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
viewing as a problem; problematizing
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
including (all of); -wide (e.g. company-wide); with (everyone); (concerning) the entirety of; all of
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
established fact; fait accompli
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon