increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
systematic; organized; organizational
process; course; mechanism
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
hunting ground; hunting preserve
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
mountain top; summit; peak
visual confirmation; sighting
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
testimony; (verbal) evidence
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
town; city; municipal; urban
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
commencing with; including
how to use; method for using; way of using
future (usually near); prospects
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)