incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to scatter away; to vanish
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
bombshell announcement (statement)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of