charming; fascinating; attractive
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
name; given name; first name
best regards; please take care of; please do
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
branch office; branch store
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole