preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); quince (Cydonia oblonga)
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to say; to be pleased to say
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
society; the world; the times
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit