selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
beginning; outset; first; onset
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
not necessarily so; is not always true
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
library; book collection; paperback book
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume