close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
to mark the end; to spell the end
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
cannot be compared with; no match for
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
observation; survey; watching
either way; in any case; one way or another
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
study; library; den; home office; reading room
(walking) stick; cane; wand
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
contract; compact; agreement
(written) contract; agreement
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
discreet; modest; cautious
association; society; organization; organisation
intimacy; affection; familiarity
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
close; intimate; on good terms
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
retort; back talk; backchat