smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
expenses; costly; expensive
amount financed; loan amount
all companies; each company
investment; contribution; financing
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
weather forecast; weather report
rope; cord; policeman's rope
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
return path (of a signal, communication); return trip
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
dark clouds; black clouds
to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart
to be the ruin of (a person)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)