to some extent; to a certain extent
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
sympathy; compassion; pity
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
participation; joining; entry; adherence
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to bring; to take; to bring about
leaving work; clocking out
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
routine work; everyday work
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
going home from work; on the way home from work
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient