rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
brown envelope; manila envelope
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
paperback pocket edition (approx. 17x11 cm in size)
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
student (esp. a university student)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
Cultural Affairs Department
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
reading only the important parts; reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something