proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
smoking room; smoking compartment
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
important post; important office; key position
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
answering machine; answer phone
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to have a talk; to tell a story
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
for the present; for the time being
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
principal occupation; core business
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact