to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
business terminology; business jargon
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
business world; business circles; (the) industry
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
subprime loan; subprime lending
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
public funds; public money
government; administration
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
command; control; commander
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
telephone call; telephone (device)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
worldwide financial crisis; global depression
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
until now; so far; up to the present
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
love story; romance; love affair
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below