to serve; to work for; to attend
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
settlement day; day of reckoning
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
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to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
home area; home town; local
to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all