time; hour; period; class
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
please; somehow or other; one way or another
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
concealment; suppression; hiding
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to cut corners; to be shoddy
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on