seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
have a good day; take care; see you
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
percent; per cent; percentage
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to congratulate; to celebrate
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
although I say; although one might say; although called
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
medical expenses; doctor's bill
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
last night; yesterday evening
Obama; Obama, Barack (1961.8.4-; US president)
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)