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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to sit for an examination
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
almost; roughly; approximately
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
midway; halfway through; in the course of
conference room; council room
important person; strategic person; key figure
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
clerk; office worker; office staff
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
second; number two; runner-up
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design