question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
broad perspective; broad view; broader point of view
function; facility; faculty; feature
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
is that so?; I see; right; oh
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
beginning; outset; first; onset
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
material; materials; data; information; documents
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)