request; favour (to ask); wish; please
document circulated to staff to obtain approval (for a decision, policy, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be surprised; to be astonished
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
older sister; elder sister
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
company; corporation; workplace
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
same family (race, tribe)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
according to one's abilities; appropriate; reasonable
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder