bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
capital; funds; seed money; asset
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
toast; congratulatory cup
single word; a few words; brief comment
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
riskiness; (level of) danger
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
jumping to a wrong conclusion
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
guess; speculation; supposition
impossible; unlikely; improbable
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
third day of the month; three days