person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
future (usually near); prospects
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
place; room; margin; scope
to entrust; to leave to a person
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
transport; transportation
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
packing; crating; packaging
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
leaving everything up to someone else
freely; right and left; as one pleases
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
automatic; intransitive verb
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
group; bunch; crowd; group
all present; all concerned; all of us
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
start of work; commencement; opening
ground plan; plane figure
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
being dotted with; being scattered
from the beginning; from scratch