straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
Hamilton (New Zealand); Hamilton
(your, his, her) daughter
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
leader; authority; mainstay
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
human relations; personal relationships
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
strict order; peremptory command
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
duty; function; office; mission; task
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
personal combat; one-to-one fight