attendant; valet; servant; follower
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
telephone call; telephone (device)
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to stick it out (until the end)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
to be silent; to say nothing
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
good policy; wise policy; best plan
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
covered with; stained; smeared
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to some extent; to a certain extent