to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
undisputed; entirely; perfect
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to fall ill; to be taken ill
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to be needed; to be wanted
royal capital; imperial capital
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
at that time; in those days
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
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
while; during (the time when)
to drink up; to drain (cup)