to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
three people sitting in a triangle
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
company; corporation; workplace
speech; expression; wording; language
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
knowing; (an) acquaintance
university (college) professor
businessman; industrialist
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
very wealthy person; millionaire
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
wealthy individual; person of wealth
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
business world; business circles
eccentric; crank; oddball
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going