company president; manager; director
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...