carving; engraving; sculpture
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
headquarters; head office; main office
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
success or failure; outcome; result
way of talking; speaking style
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)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
the whole area; all areas
advisory level; warning level
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
power; authority; jurisdiction
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to put into effect; to put into practice
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
moving about; stirring about
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to give directions; to issue instructions
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances