headquarters; head office; main office
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
one by one; one at a time; in turn
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
immigration officer; immigration inspector
examiner (e.g. patent examiner)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
way of talking; speaking style
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to be too numerous; to be too much
nice person; good-natured person
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to bring; to take; to bring about
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
cutting; planting (a cutting)