valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
ignorant of the ways of the world
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to increase; to add to; to augment
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)