to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
corridor; hallway; passageway
just because; even if; even though
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
direct control; direct supervision
armed forces; military; troops
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
that's the way it is; such is life
departure; leaving; setting off
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous