making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
belief; faith; conviction
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
dealing with; coping with
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
loveable; very likeable; like very much
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to employ; to hire; to charter
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired