assistance payment; subsidiary aid
review; reconsideration; revision
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
woman; female; feminine gender
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to cease; to stop; to be over
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be injured; to sustain a wound