one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
government worker; public servant; civil servant
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
training (esp. in-service); induction course
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
second (unit of time); arc second
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to taste; to try (food or drink)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
promotion; raising of status
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
long distance relationship
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to take over; to hand over
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
non-combustible waste; non-burnable rubbish
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)