laughing in astonishment (at something silly or stupid); scoff
correct size; perfect size
attention seeker; look-at-me
rival (company); competitor
Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac
medical world; medical circles; medical community
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
excellent; superb; first-rate
living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
another company; other company
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
pardon me for leaving (first)
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
arrogant; haughty; insolent
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
weird; disgusting; sickening
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
either way; in any case; one way or another
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet