resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
president (of a society); chairman
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
sunlounger; beach chair; banana lounge
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
(not even) for a moment; (not) on any account; (not) the least bit; at any rate; at the very least; if ... at all
young and energetic; up-and-coming
extremely talented; very gifted
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
without reservation; freely; frankly
police substation; residential police box
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
competing; competition; auction
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
off an island; away from an island; off-island
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed