multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
degree of familiarity; popularity
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
position; location; base; point; site
foreign; abroad; overseas
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
particularly; only; in the case of
clerk; office worker; office staff
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
at the last moment; this late in the game
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to detain; to check; to restrain
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
beforehand; in advance; previously
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation