stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
transfer; assignment; conveyance
foreign; abroad; overseas
export; exportation; efferent
to concern; to be related
establishment; place of business; business site; office; (production) facility
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
role; part; job; assignment
bogus company; paper company
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to be resolved; to make up one's mind; to steel oneself; to come to a decision
sale; sales; selling; marketing
current value; price; market value
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
spot check; snap inspection; surprise test
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
power; authority; jurisdiction
wax figure; wax doll; wax model; waxwork
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
(political) power; authority; influence
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
crop; yield; harvest; catch; take
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated