patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
estimate (of costs); budget
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
national defence; national defense
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
again and again; repeatedly
application; request; petition
simply; merely; only; solely
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
serious; severe; grave; acute
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to be expensive; to be costly
what is worse; to make matters worse
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
recently; lately; these days
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
unrequited love; one-sided love
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove