one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
light; faint; pale; fleeting
occupation; calling; livelihood
correction; revision; amendment
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
firm promise; definite promise
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
document; official papers
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
blood vessel; blood relationship
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example