merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
absorption; suction; attraction
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
chief executive officer; CEO
not understanding; not knowing
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
president (of a society); chairman
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
to get tired out; to be exhausted
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
honour; honor; glory; privilege
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to shoot dead (with an arrow)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
with a start; with a jump
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful