director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
conference room; council room
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
confections; sweets; candy; cake
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
sales; selling; marketing
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
form; shape; figure; visage
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
founder; organizer; organiser
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
society; the world; the times
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
to lose sight of; to miss
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be silent; to say nothing
individual; private person; personal; private