happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
calm; composed; leisurely
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
minority group (party); minority
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
then; well; so; well then
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
no!; no no!; no, not at all
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
discovery; detection; finding
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
chief; main; principal; important
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
influence; effect; impact
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
question; inquiry; enquiry
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result