person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
government office; public office
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
adviser; advisor; consultant
digitization; digitalization
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
storehouse; warehouse; godown
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to continue to do; to persist in doing
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
outsider; someone outside of a group
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
short skirt for playing tennis, etc.; skort; shorts with an attached skirt-like flap
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
sportswear; sports clothes
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
battlefield; battleground
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to be found; to be discovered
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly