older employee who does not have much actual work
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
cooperation; collaboration
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
image; figure; figure; form; image
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to say; to tell; to state; to do
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style