sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to be tired of looking at
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
sales; selling; marketing
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; like that; that sort of; very
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
instant; moment; for an instant
to look away; to avert one's eyes
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...