possession; retention; maintenance
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
negotiations; discussions; connection
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
relatively; comparatively
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
in comparison to; rather than
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
in terms of; from the point of view of
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe