thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
mid-year gift; summer gift
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be born; to come into the world
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
to move (house); to change residence
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
alone; by oneself; on one's own
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
by today; before the day is over
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that