matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
first time; first; initial
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
provisional ruling; tentative ruling
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
experimental; provisional
power; authority; jurisdiction
powerful person; influential person
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to be expensive; to be costly
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
control; management; supervision
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
in the end; at the end of the day
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)