board or officer's meeting
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to like; to love; to be fond of
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
industrialist; entrepreneur
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
rather; better; instead; if anything
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
cut; reduction; curtailment
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
apt to think; tend to think
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption