convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
being very busy; busyness
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
smuggling; contraband trade
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
our country; our land; one's own country
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
massing (of troops); gathering
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
March; third month of the lunar calendar
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
ardent; passionate; vehement
world; society; people; the public