socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to sink (into); to get depressed
interference; intervention; meddling
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
abuse; misuse; perversion
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
absorption; suction; attraction
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
room for growth; potential; promise
few decades; many decades; several decades
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement