acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
branch office; branch store
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
branch manager; manager of a branch office
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
accounting; administration (of money)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
how; in what way; by what means
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
existence; being; presence
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
interest; rights; concession
about; concerning; related to; -ish
maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
buying up plots of land; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down