thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
honorific/polite/humble prefix
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
business; trade; operations; sales
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
of course; certainly; naturally
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be surprised; to be astonished
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to be saved up (of money)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
two persons; two people; pair; couple
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
at once; immediately; right now
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
should; must; -able; probably; likely
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
steady; sound; reliable; solid
view of marriage; outlook on marriage; attitude towards marriage
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
too much; excessively; too
company; corporation; workplace
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
business results; business performance
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom