great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
directions; instructions; orders; command
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
declaration; proclamation; announcement
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
regret; repentance; remorse
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
business world; business circles; (the) industry
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
of course; certainly; naturally
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
difficult to ...; hard to ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
society; the world; the times
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
rather; better; instead; if anything
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
both; both sides; both parties
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind