rest; break; recess; intermission
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
meaning; significance; sense
company president; manager; director
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to play a leading role; to play a central part
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
criminal nature; criminality
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to be free; to be available
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
mistake with an order (at a restaurant, etc.); getting a customer's order wrong
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
storehouse; warehouse; godown
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
factory; plant; mill; workshop
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)