business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
evaluation period (software, new employee, etc.); trial period; probation period
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
make good use of; make the most of
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
now that; since; so long as; because
Patent Office; Patent Agency
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
such; this sort of; like this