such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
way of speaking; intimation
if so; in that case; in that situation
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
principal occupation; core business
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
employment (long term); hire
and; thereupon; because of that
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
overcoming; conquering; surmounting; getting over
it seems so; that's what it looks like