fast approach; quick intimacy
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
bank; banking institution
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
fundraising; financing; cash flow
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
remarkable; striking; obvious
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
unprecedented; record-breaking
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
several items; many items
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
when it becomes; when it comes to
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)