unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
if it is the case that ...
trial; judgement; judgment
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
former president of a company
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
trial product; prototype model
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
man; male; masculine gender
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end