management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
both hands; both arms; ten
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to toady; to be obsequious
high voltage; high pressure
bribe; money under the table
courteous; decorous; polite
diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work
law and order; discipline
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
assertion; declaration; affirmation
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
decision; settlement; definition
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
progress; advance; improvement; development
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but