acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
branch office; branch store
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
branch manager; manager of a branch office
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
accounting; administration (of money)
how; in what way; by what means
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
interest; rights; concession
about; concerning; related to; -ish
dodgy dealings; monkey business
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be surprised; to be astonished
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown