unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
tool; implement; means; furniture
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
control of the air; air supremacy
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post