consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
food and drink; eating and drinking
to entrust; to leave to a person
unprecedented; never seen before
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
hint; intimation; suggestion; inkling
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to be at a loss for words
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
mockery; derision; ridicule
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to fight; to exchange blows
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
conference room; council room
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required