specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
sales promotion; hard selling
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
the art of war; strategy; tactics
remote control; remote operation
step; stride; counter for steps
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to stay (at); to stop (at)
store brand; straight bond; station break; sideback; social business
to take (all of) into consideration
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
while; even though; despite
seventh day of the month; seven days
reopening; resumption; restarting
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
supply; provision; raising; procurement
sports ground; playing field; playground
hastily made; improvised preparation
one by one; one each; one at a time
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
metre; meter; meter; gauge