mother tongue
the language you grow up with
public tenders
officials, people working in administration
thesaurus
dictionary for synonyms
to refrain from
to keep away from
colloquial
spoken
pompous
grandious, pretentious
to look into
to investigate
idiom
expression that you can't use in another context
courtesy
civility, respect
to be compelled to do sth
to feel the need / the urge to do sth
tokenism
the act of hiring a "diverse" group of people, but then barely representing them
unconscious
not awake, ignorant
to assign
to be given a task
PC
politically correct
common sense
all agree on
to evolve
to develop / advance
to urge
to pressure sb.
to assume
to expect
inquiry
asking for information
ambiguous
unclear, dubious