freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to withdraw money; to take money out
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
with a scraping sound; with a scratching sound; with a crunching sound (while eating)
public telephone; pay phone
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
water supply; supplied water; water refill
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to have a meal; to take a meal
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from