envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
not necessarily so; is not always true
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
individual; private person; personal; private
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
job; work; duties; trade; skill
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to subsist; to keep on living
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
this world; this life; world of the living
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
ringing; throbbing violently
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be found; to be discovered
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
every year; yearly; annually
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout