every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
please (give me); please (do for me)
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
free (of charge); gratuitous
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
concealment; suppression; hiding
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to cause someone to worry
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to do for (the sake of someone else)
this and that; one thing or another
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to