oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
many; much; plenty; hardly
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
company president; manager; director
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
influence; clout; leverage
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
affiliated company; affiliated business
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to start; to begin; to commence
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
at a stroke; with a single swoop
sudden price jump; steep price rise
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to recover consciousness; to come to
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson