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wedding reception banquet

1

to get to work

1

amenity

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

6

spirit; heart; disposition

1

intervening

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people

1

calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

3

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

1

agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

2

where to?; whither?

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

2

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

2

hell

2

dazzling; radiant

3

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

5

broad daylight

1

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

1

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

3

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

3

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

1

difficult to speak about

1

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

27

following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

old woman

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

2

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

1

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

7

deceleration

1

out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed

1

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

3

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

2

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

6

start-up company; venture business

1

young CEO; young company president

1

everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen

2

entrance

4

post office

1

municipal office; council; city hall

1

the preceding visitor

1

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

1