important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
war; fighting; fierce competition
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning