of course; certainly; naturally
book; volume; this; present; main; head
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
all; entire; whole; altogether
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
dressing up; wearing fancy clothes
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
myself; yourself; I; me; you
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
how long; how much; to what extent
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly