at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
office romance; office love affair
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
imagination; supposition; guess
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
so; like this; in this way
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
originally; by nature; from the start
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
all; entire; whole; altogether
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
even if; even though; however; no matter how
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
personal; individual; private
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
retaliatory personnel decision (demotion, sacking, etc.)
like a decent person; human
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
ago; since; before; previous
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
company; corporation; workplace
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
development; exploitation
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come