worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
picking; collecting; harvesting
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
concealment; suppression; hiding
bet; wager; stake; gamble
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
immediately; at once; instantly
exclusive; attached to; specialist
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
company president; manager; director
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to be busy; to be tied up doing something