to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
business; trade; operations; sales
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
anonymity; using an assumed name
accounting fraud; irregular accounting
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
senior high school (in the PRC or ROC)
(period of) high stock prices; rising stock prices
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
financial statement; statement of accounts
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)