narrow; thin (sized); slender
pleased to make your acquaintance
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
first; first base; first baseman; fast
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
signing; autograph session
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
hedge; fence; border; limit
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
conviction; belief; confidence
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to feel a chill run down one's spine
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff