failure; mistake; blunder
to employ; to hire; to charter
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
one lump; one body; one group
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
Katharine; Katherine; Katheryn
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)