to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
individual; private person; personal; natural person
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
very likely; very probable
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
5th day of the month; five days
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
release; liberation; acquittal
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
about; on; regarding; per; for every
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
even though; despite; when
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
number of persons; personnel
to be lacking in options; to be too few
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)
help; assistance; service
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
curfew; lockdown; grounding