circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
line; queue; procession; matrix
success; prosperity; boom
workforce reduction; personnel cut
a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
business hours; opening hours; office hours
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
business discussion; negotiation
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)