referral fee; introduction fee
to be expensive; to be costly
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
how many years; how long; what year
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
should; must; -able; probably; likely
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
playboy; playgirl; fast liver; person with an active sex life
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to be forward; to be impertinent
to be surprised; to be astonished
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)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
had better ...; had better not ...
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)