to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
roadshow (theatrical release)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
cooperation; collaboration
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
on the occasion of; at the time of
never mind!; don't worry about it
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
possessed of a strong sense of duty
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
middle of the night; dead of night
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
person who has rendered distinguished service
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered