pleased to make your acquaintance
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
to mind; to care; to worry
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
summit meeting; summit conference; top-level meeting
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
field; field; meadow; field (of interest, study, etc.); field; field (in a form, web page, etc.)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
bill; account; invoice; information request form
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
to become empty; to be emptied
personal computer; PC; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
gathering evidence; collecting evidence
craving for the limelight
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
businesslike; operational; matter-of-fact; professional; transactional