to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
(period of) a year; during an era
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
main force; chief object; mainline
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
cosmetics; toilet articles
publicity (information) activities; public relations
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
amount of damages or loss
10,000,000,000; ten billion
forevermore; for eternity
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
estimate (of costs); budget
manufacturing cost; production cost
on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
due form; official; formality
how; in what way; how about; questionable
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off