sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
son of a bitch; piece of shit
office romance; office love affair
such; like that; that sort of; very
washing machine (laundry)
to dis; to diss; to disrespect
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
around sixty (years of age)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
to employ; to hire; to charter