affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to set (sun); to become dark
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
wealthy person; millionaire
to gain fame; to make one's name
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
women's language; word used by women
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to spend time (on doing something)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to fight a battle; to have a fight
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
some people; a few people; several people
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
story; tale; talk; discussion
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow