dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
this is why; this means; it is the case that
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
special; particular; peculiar; unique
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
like this; this sort; this way
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
instability; insecurity; crankiness
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
another company; other company
try; attempt; try (rugby)
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to live; to make a living; to get on with
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to join forces; to cooperate
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities