all take and no give; rip-off
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
dropping below break-even point; (selling at) below cost
three women make a market; many women many words; (lit.) three women gathering creates a racket
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
confession; confidential talk; frank talk
commercialization; commercialisation
watercooler; water cooler
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
autonomous (national) defence; self-reliant defence
colleague; company friend
in the town; in the street
truant child; child who refuses to attend school
virtualization; virtualisation
Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
announcement (e.g. in a train station)