then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how many people; a number of people
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
bank; banking institution
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
female high-school student
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to set (sun); to become dark
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
point card; loyalty card; reward card
to thrust before; to thrust at
stairs; stairway; staircase
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to discuss; to talk together
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
scale; scope; plan; structure
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
supply; supplying; replenishment
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
defense; defence; protection
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)