able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
personal history; background; career
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
very much; very many; more and more
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
maintenance; preservation; improvement
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
property; fortune; assets
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
common knowledge; well-known fact
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)