upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
keeping things tidy and in order
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
sad; wretched; deplorable
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
owner; possessor; holder; carrier
firm; unshakeable; resolute
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
materials; data; document
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
this and that; one thing and another
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
unproductive; counterproductive
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)