straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
yoke; constraints; oppression
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
popular person; favorite; favourite
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
change of occupation; career change
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
president (of a society); chairman
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
tattling; telling on (someone)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
branch manager; manager of a branch office
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to support each other; to support one another
close; intimate; on good terms
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
head start; initiative; preemption
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour