thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
indescribable; having no way to express
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
antiquity; the previous era
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
(your) daughter; young woman
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
how many people; a number of people
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
property; fortune; means; assets
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
present; current; in operation
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to be manageable; to be able to handle
how long; how much; to what extent
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange