at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
very great; enormous; serious
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
property; fortune; assets
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
use; utilization; utilisation; application
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
pride; boast; credit (to)
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
subordination; dependency