sales promotion; hard selling
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to face; to go towards; to head towards
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
concession; conciliation; compromise
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
society; public; community; social studies
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
that's the way it is; such is life
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
for example; for instance; e.g.
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing