return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
while being out of the office or away from home
being very busy; busyness
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
vacant house; unoccupied house
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
straight-laced person; stubborn person
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to compete with; to vie for
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
process; course; mechanism
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
self control; self restraint
reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point