on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
financial support; funding; support fund; subvention
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
decrease; reduction; decline
direct connection; direct link
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to carry; to bring (to a place)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
first meeting; first interview with
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
compelling force; legal force
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
connection; link; relationship
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person