staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
emergency press conference; hastily called press conference; impromptu press conference
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
this occasion; at this time; now
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to have the privilege of doing
opinion; intention; thought
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
hygiene management; hygiene control; sanitation
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
enterprise; business; company; corporation
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
your company; your shrine
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
it's been a long time; long time no see
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
house search (e.g. by the police)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
how long; how much; to what extent
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish