office (e.g. the Oval Office)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
door; gate; opening; title page
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
troops; group members; team members
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
performance of one's official duties
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
surname; family name; last name
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
man; male; masculine gender