happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
marriage proposal; courtship
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
ambassador plenipotentiary
approval; license; licence; permission
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
postponement; deferment; adjournment
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
study; library; den; home office; reading room
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to be in complete attendance
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
authority; power; influence
Stefan; Stephan; Stephane
tawny owl (Strix aluco); brown owl
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
measurement error; calculation error