counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
power; authority; jurisdiction
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
while; during; while; although; all; both
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
sole prerogative; exclusive prerogative
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
that is to say; so that means
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
failure; mistake; blunder
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o