to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal

approximately / probably

appointment / engagement / date / CL: 次, 個｜个 / to arrange to meet

vague / faint / indistinct

to restrict / to limit to / to constrain / restriction / constraint

to restrict / condition

treaty / pact / CL: 個｜个

to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation

to weigh in a balance or on a scale

to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise

John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period

Johannesburg, South Africa

booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment

Johnson or Johnston (name)

sketchy / concise / abbreviated

to sign a contract or agreement

New York

agreement / contract

convention (i.e. international agreement)

to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)

John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist

John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner

graceful and subdued (style)

Jordan

treaty / contract

to renew or extend a contract

to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract

York

to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment

oath / vow / pledge / promise

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織｜北大西洋公约组织)

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer

to practice strict economy (idiom)

lease

common factor / common divisor

Rio de Janeiro

to miss an appointment

John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)

approximately / about (some numerical value)

to invite / invitation

engagement / wedding contract

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator

terms (of an agreement)

faint / distant / barely audible

Joseph (name)

to keep an appointment / to keep one's word

to conclude a treaty

to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid

divisor (of a number) / approximate number

intensive

Joseph (name)

equivocal speech / to use vague or ambiguous language

to keep an appointment

graceful / charming

to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)

Joshua (name)

to calculate to be roughly ...

temporary law / provisional constitution

to break a promise / breach of contract

contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies

peace treaty

sphincter

established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention

New Testament

sparing / economical

to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules

Yorkshire (English region)

Old Testament

former agreement / former contract

to miss an appointment

about / around / approximately / also written 約莫｜约莫

entente / pact / agreement / negotiated settlement

secret appointment

to keep a promise / to honor an agreement

approximate / rough

reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator

to invite / to issue an invitation

Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique

to make a contract

to conclude a treaty / to make an agreement / contract (at bridge)

contract / written agreement

to keep a promise / to honor an agreement

promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation

trade treaty (abbr. for 通商條約｜通商条约) / to mutually agree (to do sth) (abbr. for 商量約定｜商量约定)

Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil

to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation

to arrange to go on a date with sb

bet / wager

to gather at an appointed place and time

Job (name) / Book of Job in the Old Testament

to break a promise

to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)

to bind / to restrict / to constrain

book contract

about / around / approximately

Jurgen (name)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Saint John

covenant

charter