standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
management reorganization; management reorganisation
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
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to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
already; now; no longer; not any more
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
than; from; out of; except; but; more
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
power; might; authority; influence
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy