seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
in the meanwhile; during the time
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
appearance; air; condition; state; form
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
vulgar; coarse; crude; boorish; ill-mannered; mean
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger