to be selected (from among many people)
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
being very busy; busyness
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
official business; public business
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
decision; judgment; resolution
to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
biological parent; real parent
fiction; fabrication; concoction
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
I've got to be going; I must go
moxibustion; chastisement; scolding
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
business manners; business etiquette
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
looking pale; looking unwell