to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
schedule; program; programme; agenda
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
the other day; a few days ago
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
store interior; inside of a shop
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
strawberry field; strawberry patch
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
door; gate; opening; title page
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to be photographed; to be projected
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline