business results; business performance
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
section manager; section chief
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
just a minute; small quantity
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
ready-made; common-law (wife)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be needed; to be wanted
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
it is I who should say so
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)