secretary (government); director; chief
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
after that; afterwards; thereafter
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
secrecy; highly classified information
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
outside the country; abroad
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
should; must; -able; probably; likely
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
of course; certainly; naturally
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
two persons; two people; pair; couple