stand-up dinner party; buffet dinner party
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
extremely talented; very gifted
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
inattention; absent-mindedness
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
successful person; success
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
overconfident; presumptuous
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
all one's strength; desperate effort; (lit.) strength one has when ready to die
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
each and all; every single one; everybody
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
after a long time; for the first time in a while
visual hallucination; vision
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
to forget completely; to leave behind
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite