regular time; stated period
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
in the same way as; just like
single-mother household; fatherless family
a few years ago; some years back
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
such; this sort of; like this
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
two days later; day after next; next day but one
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)