it's been a long time; long time no see
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
young master; young gentleman
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout
preface; introduction; preamble
good-quality; superior in quality
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
crystalline lens (of the eye)
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
this; our; right; justice; checking account
president (of a society); chairman
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
(free) sample; promotional gift
free (of charge); gratuitous
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)