system program; systems program
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
power; authority; jurisdiction
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
remission; improvement; relief (of pain, symptoms, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
mass communication; mass media
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
company; corporation; workplace
world; society; people; the public
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
as you see; as you can see
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to turn towards; to point
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
because of; owing to; due to
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
development; exploitation
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly
person who avoids others; social outcast
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher