hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to pick a fight (with); to find fault (with)
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
firm promise; definite promise
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
the last moment; the very end
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts; consistency; coherence
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
tomfoolery; monkey business
younger half-sister (by a different mother)
being intrusive; intrusive person
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
military family; warrior class
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
drama; play; powerful drug
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
memories; recollections; reminiscence
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment