confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
myself; yourself; I; me; you
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
such; like that; that sort of; very
particularly; only; in the case of
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
wide difference; a world of difference
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to be surprised; to be astonished
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly