cooperation; collaboration
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
contract expiry; contract expiration
don't you think?; indicates question
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
working adult; full-fledged member of society
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
such; this sort of; like this
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
such; like that; that sort of; very
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
another's parent; another's parents
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest