important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
all present; all concerned; all of us
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
establishment (of a business); founding
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
interruption; suspension; break
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
apartment rented by the month
contract; compact; agreement