general manager; director-general
audience (with a person of high standing)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
pointing out; identification
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
dealing with; coping with
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
such; like that; that sort of; very
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
duty; obligation; responsibility
Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
reality; actuality; hard fact
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
ago; since; before; previous
messenger; envoy; emissary