education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
really; truly; indeed; good grief
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
enterprise; business; company; corporation
business world; business circles; (the) industry
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
adds force or indicates command
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
interview (e.g. for a job)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal