to talk to oneself; to mutter
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
at that time; in those days
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to prevent; to take precautions
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
important matter; matters of weight
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
prohibition; inhibition; ban
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
another thing; other things; another man's property
function; facility; faculty; feature
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
cease and desist order; stay order; discontinuance order; suspension order