confusion; mixing; merger
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
time; season; period; phase; stage
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
(social) position; status
surrounding environment; ambient surrounding; one's surroundings
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
serious; not joking; straight
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
internal conditions; true state of affairs
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
economic world; financial circles; business community
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
Michel; Michele; Michele; Michelle
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
use; utilization; utilisation; application
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to discuss; to talk together
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy