center; centre; metropolis
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
headquarters; head office; main office
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to find out; to discover; to locate
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
scene; spectacle; sight; view
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to be intimate with; to befriend
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
be (that) as it may; having said that
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
cooperation; coordination; link
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
in case of; at that time; at this time
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
the whole area; all areas
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
several times; once or twice
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
major incident; major happening; big scandal
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
combustibles; inflammables; flammables; burnables
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles