M&A; mergers and acquisitions
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
plural; multiple; plural (number)
bogus company; dummy corporation; shell company
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
general meeting of stockholders
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
maintaining the status quo
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
whistle (sound made with the lips)
for the first time in one's life
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
superior; excellent; fine
rational; reasonable; logical
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness