growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
established practice; custom
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
now that; since; so long as; because
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
thousands; several thousand
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
power; authority; jurisdiction
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
outside the country; abroad
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
butting; clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
continuation; succession; series; continuous
good news; happy news; glad tidings
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily