office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
new graduate; new graduates
type of occupation; occupational category
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
new graduate; recent graduate
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
about; concerning; related to; -ish
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
January; first month of the lunar calendar
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from