Vocabulary

center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus

individual; private person; personal; private

centre; center; middle; heart

estimate (of costs); budget

thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept

district; region; area; locality

district; area; zone; quarter; section; region

subject; theme; issue; matter

Earth; the globe

the past; bygone days

professor

area; region; district; locality

environment; surroundings; circumstances

reporter; journalist

article; news story; report; account

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

whole; entirety

function; facility; faculty; feature

mechanism; machinery

organization; organisation; formation

engine

record; document; minutes; log; recording; putting on record

expectation; anticipation; hope

election

period; term; interval

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

enterprise; business; company; corporation

companion; partner; company

relation; connection; relevance

concern; interest

woman; girl

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

control; management (e.g. of a business)

supervision; control; superintendence; direction

expansion; extension

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation