treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to relax; to feel at home
port city; harbor city; harbour city
almost; roughly; approximately
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to be greedy; to devour greedily
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument