sanity; consciousness; soberness
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
true character; true heart; true spirit
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
will not do; do not; does not
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to employ; to hire; to charter
even more; still more; further
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
genuine; authentic; true; real
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
beyond that point; after that
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
like water; like it grows on trees
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to cut off (a relationship)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to be frank; to drop all pretense
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be needed; to be wanted
in swarms; in great crowds
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to take; to catch; to capture
superficial; half-hearted; shallow