sales battle; business competition
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to increase; to add to; to augment
business; trade; operations; sales
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
hardships; privations; difficulties
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to name; to call; to christen; to term
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
sphere; circle; range; category
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)