Little League elbow; pitcher's elbow; baseball elbow
sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise
settlement; compromise settlement; settlement offer
retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)
young CEO; young company president
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
dishonouring (a bill); dishonoring; bouncing (a cheque, check); non-payment
long ago; previous; of a former age
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
precision equipment; delicate equipment
interior angle; internal angle; inside corner
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
civil affairs; civil case
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
electrical machinery; appliances
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
to be frank; to drop all pretense
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out