probability; likelihood; chances
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to look down on; to make light of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
very; much; greatly; a lot of
opinion; intention; thought
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
philandering; itch for women
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
to say; to be pleased to say
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
conviction; belief; confidence
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to be intimate with; to befriend
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
if so; in that case; in that situation