personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
charming figure; alluring figure
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
merchant of death; arms dealer
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
interest; rights; concession
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
hard worker; hardworking person
(how) many times; (how) often
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
emotional scars; mental trauma
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
source of worry; source of distress
welcome!; nice to see you!
entreaty; appeal; petition
to become frayed; to become loose
Baeck; Bech; Beck; Becque; Bek; Boeckh
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to become pale; to turn pale
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
patterns of thinking; train of thought