deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
wages; pay; rental payment
no!; no no!; no, not at all
now that; since; so long as; because
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
to continue to work; to work away (at)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
labor union; labour union; trade union
strike (i.e. industrial action)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
threat; intimidation; menace
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
this occasion; at this time; now
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)