special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
retort; back talk; backchat
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
by myself; in person; by oneself
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
both (people); the two of them
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
settlement; solution; resolution
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
excellent; superb; first-rate
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
perfect; complete; flawless
unfortunately; regrettably
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
alarming; worrisome; of concern
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment; public offering (of securities)
descending a mountain; descent
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
transactions; dealings; business
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
something like ...; something called ...
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(mixture of) ground beef and pork