matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
system; institution; organization; organisation
function; facility; faculty; feature
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
trio; gang of three; threesome
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
sense of caution; wariness
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
inattention; absent-mindedness
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
behind; in the rear; in back
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
such; this sort of; like this
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
riding fast; driving a horse fast
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
tenth day of the month; ten days
being dotted with; being scattered
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend