capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
bank; banking institution
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
special; particular; peculiar; unique
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
foreign; abroad; overseas
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
application; request; petition
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
answering machine; answer phone
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
until now; so far; up to the present
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
white; correction fluid; white-out
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
consumer credit (finance, loan)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
every month; monthly; month by month
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already