being in charge (of an area of responsibility);  being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
 thing;  matter;  incident;  occurrence;  circumstances;  situation;  work
 Mr.;  Mrs.;  Miss;  politeness marker
 I'm afraid to say;  I'm sorry to say;  unfortunately
 to finish;  to stop;  to close (a business, etc.);  to close down;  to put away;  to put back
 right?;  isn't it?;  hey;  say;  you know;  you see;  will you?
 year;  counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school);  period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
 (United States of) America;  United States;  US;  America (land mass);  the Americas
 state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.);  province (e.g. Canada);  continent; (arch.)  dear
 shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed;  live music club
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then
 to get up;  to rise;  to wake up;  to be awake;  to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents);  to happen
 production (e.g. play);  direction
 to use (a thing, method, etc.);  to make use of;  to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.);  to employ;  to use (time, money, etc.);  to spend
 (of fire) to spread;  to extend itself
 in the twinkling of an eye;  in a flash
 burned down;  entirely destroyed
 to contain;  to comprise;  to hold in the mouth;  to bear in mind;  to understand;  to express (emotion, etc.)
 to claim victims;  to leave casualties
 that;  it;  then;  that point (in time); (arch.)  there; (arch.)  you
 with the exception of;  excepting;  excluding
 also;  too;  not ... either;  (it's not possible) no matter what;  although one might wish otherwise
 Virgin Mary;  Jesus' mother;  Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)
 China;  Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane);  central part of a country;  main region;  province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
 (the) positive;  yang (in Chinese divination);  the open;  visible place
 et cetera;  etc.;  or something;  the likes of;  for example;  for instance
 around the world;  throughout the world
 accident;  incident;  trouble;  circumstances;  reasons
 scale;  scope;  plan;  structure
 lots of;  a ton of;  a mountain of;  piles of;  heaps of;  so many
 to be;  to exist;  to have;  to be located;  to be equipped with;  to happen
 to compare;  to make a comparison;  to compete;  to vie
 just one person;  only one