working exclusively for; working full-time (for)
clerk; office worker; office staff
being at one's desk (at work); being at work; holding a post (at); working (in, at, for)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
one's post; place of work; workplace
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
man; male; masculine gender
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling