proposal; offer; request; application
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
surely; certainly; without doubt
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
materials; data; document
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
chief; main; principal; important
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
habit of putting things off; truancy habit
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
number of persons; personnel
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
it's no joke; gimme a break!
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
please; somehow or other; one way or another
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
maid; helper; help; assistance
way; method; means; resource; course
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune