merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
mirror surface; lens surface
high-class restaurant; high-end store
center; centre; metropolis
self-satisfaction; rejoicing
infrastructure improvement
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
fishing industry; fishery
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
sudden price jump; steep price rise
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
increase in activity; activation
cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur