matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to arrange; to agree (on); to prearrange
affidavit; deposition; testimony
your daughter; young woman
selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute); selling out (to a competitor); selling off
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
station; office; guardroom
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
feeling of a house or a room
from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
schedule; program; calendar
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
attendance; presence; appearance
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
new moon; first day of the lunar month; crescent moon
graduation ceremony; commencement
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
excess; surplus; superabundance