narrow; short range; micro
statistical information; statistics
preprocessing; pretreatment
product; manufactured material
to urge (somebody) to reflect sincerely
competitors' products; others on the market
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to oppose; to rebel; to revolt
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
separation (e.g. by a screen, curtain, or door)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
long-term (business) strategy
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
display device; graphics device
paying in advance; forward delivery; delivery (of freight)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
armored personnel carrier; APC
unskilled; not very good at
amount of payment; amount paid
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
pungent smell; sharp smell; strong odor (odour)
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
phosphorescence; luminescence
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)