" hard work breeds success "
a light bulb moment
a poisoned chalice ( idiom )
affirmative
altruistic
apathetic
as usual
aspiring
bankroll
bleak
blossom
branch out
burn-out
calling
calling
career ladder
catch up with
confound
consolidation
cookery
crawl
debilitate
decent living
dedicated
delude
deluded; delude
demote
devote
diversify
driven
driven
driving ambition
eager
easter
entrepreneur
equilibrium
every cloud has a silver lining ( saying )
expedite
extend
exude
fast track
fell into it
figure out
fledgling
gainful
gig
glass ceiling
go far
greedy
greet
hesitate
homebody
humble
humility
impulsive
in vain
indifferent
infancy
inverting
jet-set
lay off
light bulb moment
line of employment
listless
lucrative
matchmaking
metaphor
minute
naive
never tire of doing sth ( idiom )
on the brink of sth
on the face it ( informal )
on the face of it
on the off chance that
opt
overlook
part company with / from sb / sth
pent-up stress
perk
perpetuate
perpetuation
persistent
petulant
play cupid ( idiom )
poisoned chalice
premises
pride
prognosis
prosthetic
purpose
resolute
resume one`s career
revert to sth
revolve around
revolve around sth
rewarding
seek ( v2 sought-v3 sought )
shiftless
single-minded
sos
spontaneous
stay afloat
step up
strive
surpass
take off ( phrasal verb )
the luck of the draw
the only thing that kept me going was...
throw a party
to aspire
to be determined
to be down
to be made redundant
to be susceptible to sth
to beam with delight
to cash in
to have the chance to shine on the international stage
to have your eye on sb
to impose sth upon sth
to pull through against all odds
to set up a company under his name
to stand still
trappings
ultimately
undergo
uplifting
venture
volition
wreck
zest