thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
humanism; humanitarianism
specimen; sample; object to be examined
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to send or direct a person to
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to step forward; to volunteer
being rampant; domination