wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
student (esp. a university student)
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
maintaining the status quo
poor business performance; economic slump
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
that's the way it is; such is life
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
pupil; student; schoolchild
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
those (near the second person)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now