confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to entrust; to leave to a person
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
menstrual pain; period pain
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
low-dose (contraceptive) pill
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
company; corporation; workplace
I see; that's right; indeed
if it is the case that ...
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
perfect; complete; flawless
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
multidrug-resistant bacteria
multi-drug-resistance; MDR
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
enteric bacteria; intestinal bacteria
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view