subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
considerably; fairly; quite
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
by means of; due to; because of; according to
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)