running one's own business; doing business on one's own; self-employment
business discussion; negotiation
considerably; fairly; quite
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(not so) much; (not) very
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
performer; entertainer; celebrity
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
such; this sort of; like this
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
otherwise; or else; if not
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
environment; circumstance
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
ago; since; before; previous
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to grow weary; to get tired of
opposite; reverse; contrary