to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to degenerate; to lapse into
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
to play a central role; to take a leading part
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
full payment; liquidation
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
(not) merely; (not) simply
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
good family; respectable family; decent family
dated; date; fixed; external
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
how others look at you; what others think about you
to begin; to set about; to start
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
as if it were about oneself
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
everywhere; all over; throughout
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
one after another; in rapid succession
to manage something successfully; to be successful
polish; improvement; burnishing
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
major cleanup; spring cleaning
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to continue (going along some trend)
material (data) for one's research; research material