discipline; training; teaching manners
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
talking while standing; standing around talking
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
invitation; introduction; temptation
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
at least; at most; (even) just
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to speak; to say; to vocalize
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
patience; endurance; perseverance
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
much less; to say nothing of
hostility; animosity; enmity
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
single-handedly (usu. of a male raising children); on one's own; as a single father
sympathy; compassion; pity
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
cookware; cooking utensil
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
management; administration; operation
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)