centre; center; center fielder
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
personal delivery; handing over in person
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
power; authority; jurisdiction
2nd day of the month; two days
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
accomplishment; execution
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
salary reduction; salary cut
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
a glance; a look; a glimpse
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
permission; approval; authorization; license
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to begin to read; to leaf through a book
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
leather shoes; leather boots
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
patriarch; head of a family