contract; compact; agreement
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
travel agent; travel agency
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
vacant or unoccupied room
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
desperately; for one's dear life
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
second; number two; runner-up
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
and; thereupon; because of that
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!