to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to serve; to work for; to attend
the same rank; equality; apposition
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
interception (email); wiretap; bug
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to call out; to ask someone to come
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
having no idea; having no clue
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
from now; from this moment; henceforth
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
Commonwealth (of Nations)
Commonwealth of Nations (formerly British Commonwealth)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
connection; link; relationship
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
that's a different matter; that's a different story
World War III; Third World War
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
split; division; break up