glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
day after day; day by day
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
class-A; A class; A grade
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
first meeting; first interview with
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
very careful; thoroughly prepared
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
corporate acquisition (buyout)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes