promotion (school, military, etc.)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
older sister; elder sister
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
wealthy person; millionaire
major dealer; wealthy merchant
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
this occasion; at this time; now
line; queue; procession; matrix
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to get one's head around; to think about
maintenance; preservation; improvement
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
negotiations; discussions; connection
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
commerce; trade; business
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means