aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
difficult to ...; hard to ...
former president of a company
from the beginning; from scratch
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
amount to be borne; one's share (of expenses)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to knead well; to polish; to refine
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
just the other day; quite recently
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
management responsibility; administrative responsibility
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
everybody; every last one of them; all
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to jump at; to be attracted by
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin; to sell strong-selling products and poorly selling products together as a package
future; possible; potential; prospective
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy