business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
eighth day of the month; eight days
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
acid; sourness; sour taste
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to take command; to give direction
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
immediately; right away; on the spot
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
share; portion; quota; cut
on board a ship; aboard a ship
adultery; misconduct; intrigue; criminal connection
Mercury (Roman god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
management; administration; operation
extinction; annihilation; destruction
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts
compilation; editing; recording