meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
fortress; stronghold; citadel
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
arabesque greenling (Pleurogrammus azonus); Okhotsk Atka mackerel
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
way; method; means; resource; course
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
spread; span; expanse; extent
that's a different matter; that's a different story
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
limited; limiting; restrictive
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
particularly; only; in the case of
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
direct control; direct supervision
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
transcendence; transcendency
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
in person; personally; directly
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
being too late; losing one's final chance
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful