to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
smelting furnace; blast furnace
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
cheap article; poor quality article
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
good-quality; superior in quality
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
inferior goods; faulty item
to shave off; to scrape off
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
last days; the end; one's fate
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine