document; official papers
convenient; handy; useful
item; something that one "just has to have"
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
modern person; people of today
handbook; manual; vade mecum; essential item; must-have
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
overseas assignment; overseas posting
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
this and that; one thing or another
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to fall ill; to be taken ill
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
even if not; even without
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch