confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
successive generations; successive emperors
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to go underground; to go into hiding
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
I see; that's right; indeed
spirit of dedication to one's company
reason; cause; circumstances
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
whistleblower; inside informant
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
treatment (of a person); dealing with
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to be injured; to sustain a wound
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
anything and everything; just about everything
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth