traffic bureau; transportation bureau
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
staff member; station employee; official
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
long talk; long-winded speech
to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to jut out; to protrude; to overhang
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
power; authority; jurisdiction
call; summons; convening; convocation
to have an idea; to have a clue
(full) name; family name and given name
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
Haines; Hanes; Haynes; Heynes
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
nature; character; disposition
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
you could say; you might say; verging on the
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
guess; conjecture; surmise
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
connector cable; connection cable
frosted (glass); matted; disillusionment; letdown
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling