guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
clerk; office worker; office staff
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
with a (light) slapping sound
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to order; to command; to appoint
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
assorted grains; cereals; millet
slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
that day; the very same day
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded