suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
third grade; third class; tertiary
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
living; lifestyle; living room
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to entertain; to make welcome
to talk; to chat; to chatter
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
with a friendly grin; smilingly
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
property; fortune; assets
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
control; management (e.g. of a business)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal