party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
farewell party; send-off party; motivational rally
income; receipts; revenue
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
close; intimate; on good terms
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to take up space; to occupy space
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to find fault with; to question
married woman; another's wife
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
(physical) growth; development
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
interruption; suspension; break
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
going through; going via; going by way of
course; route; path; process; means
one thin flat object; one sheet
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
reduced scale; scaling down
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)