to hunt for a job; to seek employment
meeting; rendezvous; romantic encounter; date
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to close (one's eyes); to shut
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
transport; transportation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
standard; set; routine; decided
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
method of bringing up; method of raising
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
materials; data; document
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion