I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
one's share; one's portion
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
occupation; calling; livelihood
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
selling out; being sold out
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
outsider; layman; amateur
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
memory-making; making memories
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability