clerk; office worker; office staff
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
(police) detective; criminal matter
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
so; like this; in this way
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
sorry; excuse me; thank you
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
duty; function; office; mission; task
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
fifth day of the month; five days
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
cooperation; collaboration