centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
experience; history; record; career
novel; story; (work of) fiction
real machine (as opposed to a model or simulation); actual machine; actual device; real aeroplane; actual aircraft
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
deliverables; delivered product
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
upstream process; upper process
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
very popular; highly favoured
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
personal history; background; career
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock