telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
periodic; regular; routine
income; receipts; revenue
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
than; from; out of; except; but; more
section manager; section chief
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...