to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
accounting; administration (of money)
negotiations; discussions; connection
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
feminine; womanly; female
ago; since; before; previous
to follow another's example
to talk; to chat; to chatter
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
as (for); for; in the capacity of
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
materials; data; document
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
to be out of; to have no more at hand
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
straight-laced person; stubborn person
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
until now; so far; up to the present
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak