deep emotion; strong feelings
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
fourth day of the month; four days
to happen to meet; to come across
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to hate; to dislike; to loathe