business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
outside of; not covered by
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
imagination; supposition; guess
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by myself; in person; by oneself
from the beginning; from scratch
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
sorry; excuse me; thank you