extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
this and that; one thing or another
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
this world; this life; world of the living
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
due form; official; formality
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
courting; wooing; making advances
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to grumble about something (trivial)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
considerably; greatly; a lot
to become better; to improve
auscultation; listening to a person's chest with a stethoscope
sorry; excuse me; thank you
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
black goods; consumer electronics products
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
white goods; large household electrical appliances
washing machine (laundry)