scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
way; method; means; resource; course
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to work without sleep or rest
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
anecdote; brief (comic) story
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
dated; date; fixed; external
difference; variation; difference
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with