treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
obese body; corpulent physique
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
body; physique; build; stature
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
business ability; business acumen
hard to get; hard to come by
anything and everything; just about everything
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
to lay aside; to set aside