work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
of course; certainly; naturally
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
comparatively; relatively
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
don't you think?; indicates question
the reason is ...; it is because ...
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
difficult to ...; hard to ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged