to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to say; to be pleased to say
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
(your) judgment; discernment
to make oneself available (free)
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to make an appearance; to show up
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to fight against; to oppose; to face
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
outside (the room, building); outdoors
reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
to change completely; to change suddenly
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal