remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
don't you think?; indicates question
if it is the case that ...
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
instant; moment; for an instant
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
pressurization; pressurisation
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
considerably; fairly; quite
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen