to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
business world; business circles; (the) industry
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
two persons; two people; pair; couple
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
sorry; excuse me; thank you
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
producer (film, TV, etc.)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
mission; delegation; transmission
to recall; to remember; to recollect
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
digital versatile disc; DVD
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing