expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
choice; selection; option
in that way; like that; that way
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
more than anything; above all else
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
last days; the end; one's fate
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
simply; merely; only; solely
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like