advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
party; gang; company; squad
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to get deeper in debt; to pile up debts
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
security for a loan; collateral
interest; rights; concession
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
finance business; moneylending business
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
process; course; mechanism
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
rubbing one's hands together
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth