chief executive officer; CEO
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
to take command; to give direction
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
present; current; in operation
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to take measures (against); to take steps
plural; multiple; several
enterprise; business; company; corporation
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
to be helpful; to be useful
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
rational; reasonable; logical
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
self-consciousness; self-awareness
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
eating; bite (in fishing)
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise