footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
on countless occasions; many a time
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
spacious; roomy; large; extensive (business, dealings, etc.); large (scale); broad
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
not a little; not a few; considerable
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
this family; our family; this house; we
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
sense of unity; sense of oneness
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
whispered conversation; whispering
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)