slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
due form; official; formality
estimate (of costs); budget
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
in accordance with; according to
change in appearance; transformation
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
our country; our land; one's own country
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
snake; serpent; large snake
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
comfort; consolation; diversion
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to spread; to be propagated
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)