today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
in person; personally; directly
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
even though it is not; despite not
displeasure; offense; offence; disliking
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
failure; mistake; blunder
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
story; tale; talk; discussion
league; federation; union; alliance
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
merger; (presenting a) united front
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
on the occasion of; at the time of
alone; unaided; away from home