sales promotion; hard selling
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to refer to; to use as reference
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
dealing with; coping with
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to shake one's head (in denial)
never mind!; don't worry about it
completely unknown; unexpected; having no clue about
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
polite; respectful; reverent
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to say; to tell; to state; to do
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant