telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
person in line (for ...); person expected to ...
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
in that way; thus; so; so?
several minutes; a few minutes
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
big corporation; major firm; leading company
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
depression; recession; slump
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
employment adjustment; adjusting employment arrangements (staff numbers, overtime, etc.) to reflect changing business conditions
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
myself; yourself; I; me; you
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
final; eventual; ultimate
to be able to manage somehow or another
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
club activities; group activities
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
something; some kind of; for some reason
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
than; from; out of; except; but; more
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
job hunting; job searching
to begin; to set about; to start
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on