to say; to tell; to state; to do
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
settlement; solution; resolution
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; like that; that sort of; very
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to thrust before; to thrust at
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
perfect; complete; flawless
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
considerably; fairly; quite
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine