serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
(police) detective; criminal matter
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
business trip; official trip
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
all; entire; whole; altogether
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
so; like this; in this way
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
what time; (lit.) which hour
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
scattered here and there; at intervals