substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to start working; to take action
middle of the night; dead of night
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
big leakage; uncontained leak
weird; disgusting; sickening
bet; wager; stake; gamble
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
how should I know?; don't ask me
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
line; queue; procession; matrix
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
force of a fire; force of flames
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
gold mining; extraction of gold
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification