second day of the month; two days
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
when it becomes; when it comes to
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
person in charge; official; attendant
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump; surge
critic; reviewer; commentator
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to sell off at peak price (usu. shares)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
individual; private person; personal; private
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
800,000; eight hundred thousand
never mind!; don't worry about it
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
sixth day of the month; six days
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
secrecy; highly classified information