majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to become rich
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
greeting; a fine thing to say
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
at work; in the midst of work; working
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
rationalization; justification
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional
real thing; original; actual
to have the privilege of doing
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
videophone; video telephone; video call
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to live; to make a living; to get on with
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
workshop; studio; atelier
good old; good old-fashioned
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes