subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
professional job; profession
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
so; like this; in this way
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
and yet; though; when; in spite of
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
squad leader; group leader; team leader
to face; to go towards; to head towards
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)