excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
restructuring of the financial industry; reorganization of financial systems
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
in that way; thus; so; so?
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
official announcement; proclamation
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
city bank; metropolitan bank
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
accounting; administration (of money)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
all; entire; whole; altogether
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
state of mind; mentality; psychology
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)