house search (e.g. by the police)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
beginning; outset; first; onset
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
document; official papers
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
business trip; official trip
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
six (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
photocopier; photocopying machine
clerical desk; office desk
chair; stool; post; office; position
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
classified document; confidential document
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
personal; individual; private
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
family; members of a family
to care for someone; to look after someone
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)