top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
change of heart; fickleness
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
feeling; sense; impression
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
softly; mildly; gently; politely
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing