chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
financial world; business circles
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
pascal (unit of pressure); PASCAL (language); Pascal (Blaise)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
defeating in an instant; instant kill
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through; food offered to attendants of a funeral
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
tide; current; tendency; trend
absolute best; very finest; top-class; first-rate; elite
impassioned speech; fervent speech
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
how far; to what extent; up to what point
to stir well; to mix thoroughly; to interrupt (with a joke, sarcastic remark, etc.); to butt in (with a facetious comment); to make fun of (what someone says)
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
upper floor (of a building)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room