cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to do earnestly; to get serious
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
at that time; in those days
indeed; really; truly; very much
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to lose sight of; to miss
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
fortune-telling; divination
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
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 resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
tail (animal); tail end; tip
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
during a telephone call; busy line
to call again; to call someone back
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind