expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
library (usu. single-room); small library
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos); Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to face; to go towards; to head towards
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
together; at the same time; same; identical
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention