treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
mediator; manager; caretaker
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
duty; function; office; mission; task
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
a long time (since the last time)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
counter for chairs or seats
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
this (very thing); this precisely
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
receiver; receiving set; receiving apparatus (equipment)
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
convenient; handy; useful
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
forevermore; for eternity