competent; suitable; qualified
national certification; national qualification; government certification
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
another thing; exception; special case
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
leisure time; idle moment
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
light; right; right field; right fielder
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
single word; a few words; brief comment
to whine; to make feeble complaints
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)