to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
estimate (of costs); budget
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
number of persons; personnel
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
just because; even if; even though
another company; other company
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reconciliation; make peace with
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
children's house; child welfare residential facility
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost