1. boss
I get depressed thinking that a guy like our boss can have ultimate power over us.
After the hatchet job my boss did on my proposal, I'm not sure how long I want to keep on working here.
Just go in and tell the boss you want a raise. "That's easier said than done."
my boss
My boss has been trumpeting the virtues of yet another runaway bestselling managerial strategy guide.
He took it up with Mr. Jones, who was forever taken up short by his boss, Mr. Douglas.
Our boss insisted on that price, the shopkeeper explained. "But you know, you don't have to pay me 0.99 in kopeks. You can pay more if you like."
When the boss checks our expenses it can be pretty dicey. He knows how to read between the lines.
'Run away' will always work even with bosses and the last boss, so when you're in trouble let's run away.
Hey, steer clear of the boss today, he seems really ticked off about something.
Even if you boss attacks you and tells you to go away, you should make your point.
I was preparing to finish my report when my boss asked me to explain all of the project's details again.
After she picked up the first glass and water went all over the place, she called the boss out.
The boss caught me napping today when he asked me about that XYZ project we worked on last month.
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
2. chief
chief executive (officer)
The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.
I had many reasons, love being chief among them.
The chief engineer did research hand in hand with his assistant.
As the date didn't work for the section chief, it was necessary to completely reorganize the drinking party.
We'll have to organize the drinking party all over again as the section chief can't make it now.
To my chief strategist, David Axelrod, who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics! You made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
A new chief of the security forces has just been appointed
O.K. chief. It's gonna cost you two century notes.
'major', 'key' or 'important' can be a synonym of te world 'chief'
Ireland’s chief cities are Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.
The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.