mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
main question; real issue at hand
power; authority; jurisdiction
within the sphere of influence (of)
memory; sense; experience
to entrust; to leave to a person
negotiations; discussions; connection
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
every year; yearly; annually
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
but; however; provided that
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)