I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
to happen to meet; to come across
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
one's post; place of work; workplace
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to blaze; to burn brightly
to knead well; to polish; to refine
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
accurate; correct; precise; exact
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
simply; merely; only; solely
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
on the occasion of; at the time of
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent