(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
furnishings; implements; equipment
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
mostly involve; principally involve
plural; multiple; several
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
one's possessions; ownership
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
major stockholder; large shareholder
to say no more; to sink into silence
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)