important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to detain; to check; to restrain
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
letter; missive; note; mail
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
society; the world; the times
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
contract; compact; agreement
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to be needed; to be wanted
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to forget to put in; to leave out
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
solution; solution strategy