to amuse oneself; to make merry
so-and-so; who?; which people?
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
assertion; declaration; affirmation
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
foreign; abroad; overseas
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
job hunting; job searching
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
nothing but; none other than
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime; flex (in a golf shaft)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
office hours; business hours; working hours
to some extent; to a certain extent
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
system; institution; organization; organisation
period of time; time slot; time zone
flexible work hours; flexi-time
to join together; to combine; to join up
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense