depression; recession; slump
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
knowing; (an) acquaintance
human rights organization; human rights organisation
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
chief; main; principal; important
influence; clout; leverage
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
this occasion; at this time; now
experimental; provisional
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology