engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
important matter; matters of weight
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
menial; meanness; servility; abject
intimacy; affection; familiarity
second marriage; remarriage
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
considerably; fairly; quite
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
body and soul; mind and body
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
concentrated fire; intense criticism
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; (arch.) eldest and second eldest brother; (arch.) older and younger brother
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out