paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
(economic) depression; recession; slump
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
job; work; duties; trade; skill
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
speaking of ...; as for ...
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
duty station; place of business; work location
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
self-questioning; to self-question; to rethink; to reflect on oneself
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
(someone) acting like a boyfriend even though not in a relationship
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
graduation ceremony; commencement
March; third month of the lunar calendar
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; (lit.) love is blind
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
way of listening; listener
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)