today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
official announcement; proclamation
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
that; the matter in question
to solicit; to demand; to extort
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)