than; from; out of; except; but; more
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
time; hour; period; class
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
I see; that's right; indeed
father; dad; husband; you; he
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
telecommunications; correspondence
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
practical research; applied research
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
enterprise; business; company; corporation
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
use; utilization; utilisation; application
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest