emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
nature; property; disposition
to join together; to combine; to join up
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
division by 1000; one-thousandth
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
due form; official; formality
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
how long; how far; how much
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock