clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
cut; reduction; curtailment
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to develop into a serious incident
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
first-aid; emergency (aid)
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
trivial; not amounting to much
to need; to call for; to require
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
company; corporation; workplace
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to perceive; to understand
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
wedded life; married life