cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
convenient; handy; useful
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to raise one's voice; to shout
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
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
successively; one after another
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
promotion; raising of status
recommendation; referral; endorsement
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
place; situation; position; location
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating