business results; business performance
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
affiliate; member; entrant; participant; (telephone) subscriber
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
that; the matter in question
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
mysterious thief; phantom thief
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
intelligence operative; spy
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
opinion; point of view; visual point
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
daytime; noon; broad daylight
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected