or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
expression; presentation; representation; notation
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
wherein; therein; thereinto
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
(political) power; authority; influence
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
influential person; man of importance
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
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
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
wherein; therein; thereinto
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial