branch office; branch store
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
person in charge; official; attendant
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
number; number plate; license plate
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
amount of money; sum of money
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
had better ...; had better not ...
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
environment; circumstance
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be too numerous; to be too much
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
form; shape; figure; visage
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
tedious; boring; being fed up with
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)