tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
secret technique; secret art
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
technology; technique; technical
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
flaring up; bursting into flames
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
furious facial expression
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
form; shape; figure; morph
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
economic condition; economic circumstances; financial situation
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
real estate agent; realtor
construction industry; construction business
point in common; common feature
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
reception room; parlor; parlour
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
threatening letter; intimidating letter
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
life expectancy (at birth); average life span; mean lifetime