mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to collect; to assemble; to gather
(giving) instruction; initiation
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
go that far; to that extent
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...