feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
retirement at one's own request
generously; liberally; magnanimously
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
compassionate; sympathetic
already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
control; management (e.g. of a business)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
order; sequence; procedure
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
else; in addition; besides
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
unanticipated; unexpected