compilation; editing; recording
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
leaving work; clocking out
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to keep in mind; to memorize
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
railroad; railway; rail transport
chief; main; principal; major
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
together with; same; both; all; including ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
number of persons; personnel
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
power plant; power station
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
government office; government agency; authorities
bank; banking institution
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
everybody; every last one of them; all
to cause a person trouble
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)