a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
most of all; extremely; supremely
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
established practice; custom
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
abuse; misuse; perversion
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
minuteness; one millionth
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
regular pay; fixed salary
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
many; numerous; various; large number of
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
shellfish; seashell; shell
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason