serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
imprudent (misguided) fellow
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
resumption of service (train, bus, etc.)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
line; queue; procession; matrix
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
job hunting; job searching
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
dirty work; unpleasant task
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to hide; to conceal oneself
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
having said that; on the other hand
to employ; to hire; to charter
company; corporation; workplace
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite