unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
company president; manager; director
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to be able to manage somehow or another
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
no!; no no!; no, not at all
no, not like that (but like this)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
serious; not joking; straight
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
preface; introduction; preamble
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
company; corporation; workplace
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people