year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
sales; selling; marketing
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
sales company; distributor
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
company; corporation; workplace
foreign; abroad; overseas
information discovery; disclosure of information
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
surroundings; environs; circumference
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
place; situation; position; location
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
the right person in the right place
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched