noon; midday; daytime; lunch
another time; some other time
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
still; even now; to this day
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
research and development; R&D
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
selection; choice; option
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
step; stride; counter for steps
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
materials; data; document
by today; before the day is over
question and answer session
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
ahead; before; the future