wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
pure heart; naivete; innocence
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
to be kind to; to treat kindly
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
writing; composition; essay; sentence
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
with a splash; with a splosh; with a click (of a camera shutter); with a snap
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
the other day; a few days ago
a short while ago; already
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
the same as always; day after day
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to lie down; to throw oneself down
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
that's a different matter; that's a different story
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee