please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room
later on; eventually; afterwards
to repaint; to paint again
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
university library; college library
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
document; official papers
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
paste; glue; clothing starch
electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to use up all one's strength
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
my condolences; my deepest sympathy
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
general; popular; common; typical
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so