pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
to annoy; to cause trouble
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
topless; monokini (topless swimsuit)
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
list of the richest people; billionaires list
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
national paper; paper with a national circulation
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue
Kazuo Ishiguro (1954.11.8-)
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
master craftsman; skillful worker
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
mountain range; mountain belt
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
Stephens; Stevens; Steevens
professionalism; professional awareness
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully