to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
speech; expression; wording; language
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
had better ...; had better not ...
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
business hours; opening hours; office hours
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight