wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
proposal; offer; request; application
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
advance payment; up-front payment; prepayment
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
honour; honor; glory; privilege
the first and second; a few
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
of course; certainly; naturally
to concern; to be related
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to employ; to hire; to charter
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
sympathy; compassion; pity
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle