two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
board chairman; managing director; chief director
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
please (give me); please (do for me)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
watch store; watch shop; watchmaker
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
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
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director