Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month
sabotage; slow-down tactics
one's fellow workers; fellow employees
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
business conditions; business category; line of business
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
labor union; labour union; trade union
spell; curse; incantation
new graduate; recent graduate
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to revere; to respect; to worship
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
voluntary; optional; free; elective
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
female molester; stupid woman
without permission; without notice
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
limited time; limited-time offer
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course