employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
valuation basis; appraisal standard
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
follow-up report; further news
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
to begin shooting; to shoot out
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
Milton; Milton, John (1608-1674; English poet and author of Paradise Lost)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
Mercury (god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)
dirt cheap; super cheap; bargain-priced
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
to become hoarse; to become husky
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
heir; inheritor; successor
literal translation; direct translation