to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
personal feelings; self-interest
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
factory manager; works manager
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
so; to such an extent; such
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
on the occasion of; at the time of
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
impossible to do (although wants to)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)