high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
being on the ropes; losing ground
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
management; administration; operation
president (of a society); chairman
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
voice quality; type of voice
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to give directions; to issue instructions
in order; in turn; one by one
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family); merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
naughty; mischievous; unruly
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants