to flare up; to burst into flames
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to waste time; to kill time
sound of a button or switch being pressed
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
conference room; place of assembly
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
the other day; some time ago; recently
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
younger brother and sister
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
internal (domestic) affairs
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
convenience; user-friendliness
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
to surround; to crowd around