to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
time; season; period; phase; stage
chilly; unpleasantly cold
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
husband and wife; married couple
strong-willed; strong of heart
the front; honest; upright; decent
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
special; particular; peculiar; unique
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
such; this sort of; like this
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
promotion; raising of status
foundation stone; cornerstone
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
every single word and phrase; word by word
only recently; just of late