to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
complexion; colour; color; blood red
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
financial world; business circles
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
promising; hopeful; full of promise
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
section manager; section chief
a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
ton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg); tonne
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
welling of water; spring water; spring