authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
verbal message; word (from someone)
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
particularly; only; in the case of
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
schedule; program; programme; agenda
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to not take seriously; to take lightly
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
armed forces; military; troops
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)