to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
ardent; passionate; vehement
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
selection; choice; option
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
by sheer strength; by brute force
level; standard; water level
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
severe; strict; tough; hard
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
one's long-cherished desire
to look around; to survey
to lose sight of; to miss
to be found; to be discovered
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up