to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
with these words; while saying
president's office; director's office
to go out and away; to leave
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
difficult to ...; hard to ...
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
settlement; solution; resolution
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Apollo program; Project Apollo
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
in comparison to; rather than
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt