to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
load; loading; weight (of a load)
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
worthless (of a person); someone who wouldn't be missed if they died
sitting with one's superior; in attendance with one's superior
associate; junior; assistant; second highest rank; second place
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
data processing; information processing
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
decision; ruling; judgement; judgment
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
story; tale; talk; discussion
release; liberation; acquittal
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage