please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to become better; to improve
4th day of the month; four days
reopening; resumption; restarting
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
restoration; repair; mending
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
I see; that's right; indeed
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
individual; one by one; separate; each
to repeat; to do over again
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout