reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to call for somebody's participation
special measure; special measures
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
Mayday (call for help); May Day (May 1)
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
rash decision; jumping to a conclusion
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
exceptional measures; measures for exceptional cases; preferential measure
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
registered mail; registered post
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
monetary; financial; pecuniary
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
the way one works; one's working manner
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
someone with inferior education
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
on the occasion of; at the time of