duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
approximate age; age range
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent)
provisional; temporary; tentative
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
reception room; parlor; parlour
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
space (room, area, outer space)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
stairs; stairway; staircase
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
combustibles; inflammables; flammables; burnables
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
trial; judgement; judgment
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to