approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
alone; by oneself; on one's own
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
(positive) economic effect
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be surprised; to be astonished
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to anticipate; to foresee
business integration; business merger; integration of management
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become