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managing director

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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supply; provision

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investment; contribution; financing

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excessive; immoderate

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interference; meddling; butting in

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accounting; administration (of money)

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sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise

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prior investment; upfront investment

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authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound

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to use a calculator; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability

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gambling den; gambling house

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to strip to one's waist; to go at with might and main

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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right of management

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school; sect; party

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to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

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lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure

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capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

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decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

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at will

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synonym

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities

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sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

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replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

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(necessary) personnel; required person

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measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement

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conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

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random; aimless

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

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to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

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will not do; do not; does not

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wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

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modesty; humility; being humble

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unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

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associate member (esp. of a crime syndicate)

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to pick a fight

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to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

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subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

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