early on; earlier on; from early
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
regular customer; general audience; general public
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
counter seat; seat at the counter
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to say; to be called; to do
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
I see; that's right; indeed
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
honorific/polite/humble prefix
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
inquiry; query; enquiry; query (of a database)
to have the privilege of doing
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
seat at a table; place at a table
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to gather; to collect; to assemble
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious