work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
financials; on the funding (capital) side
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
diplomatic; diplomatically
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
interest; rights; concession
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
political situation; political affairs
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
god of death; death deity; Death
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
in its entirety; whole; wholly