associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
gesture; gesticulation; motion
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
button (clothing); push-button
rising; ascending; climbing
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
such; like that; in that way
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
tide; current; tendency; trend
laughing while reminiscing
the pot calling the kettle black; (lit.) the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay