counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
nee-naw (sound of an emergency vehicle siren); wee-woo
beyond this point; from now on; after this
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
100,000,000; one hundred million
company; corporation; workplace
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
having said that; be that as it may
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
amount of money; sum of money
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
several minutes; a few minutes
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
if so; in that case; in that situation
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand