sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
town; city; municipal; urban
management; administration; operation
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
I appreciate your efforts
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority