pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
hot water (for drinking); tea; bath; bathhouse
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
almost (did); nearly (did)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to chicken out; to get scared
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
pleasant feeling; good feeling
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
sports-minded; sports-oriented
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
solution; solution strategy
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
future; possible; potential; prospective