all-America; pan-American; all of America
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
income; receipts; revenue
continuation; succession; series
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
horse's legs; stage actor who plays the role of a horse's legs
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all