branch; branch office; subdivision
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
going straight home (without first returning to one's workplace); returning home directly
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
humming a tune (while doing something else)
to telephone; to make a phone call
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
place where one works; construction site; working area
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
hand luggage; hand baggage
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
1,000,000; one million; million; many
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
how; in what way; I wonder
on the occasion of; at the time of
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to get late; to advance; to wear on
variation in color (colour); having a different color
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew