promotion; raising of status
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
rising; ascending; climbing
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
interior; inside; internal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
in this way; thus; such; uh...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
clearing one's throat; cough
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
enterprise; business; company; corporation
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for