detached; aloof; indifferent
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
having said that; on the other hand
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
position; job; employment; opening
professional occupation; professional practice
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to be able to manage somehow or another
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
steady; sound; reliable; solid
interference; intervention; meddling
to support each other; to support one another
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; poor-quality coke (coal); left-overs; remnants
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
around the clock; day and night
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
historic; historical; traditional
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere