to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
the West; the Occident; Western countries
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
intelligence; intellect; brains
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
independence; self-reliance
no way to do; nothing can be done
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
extraordinary strength displayed in an emergency; surge of power beyond one's normal capacity; great strength exerted at risk
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
reinforcement; strengthening
obstruction of business; interference with business
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
being very busy; busyness
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
clerk; office worker; office staff
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
amount of material resources
arrest; apprehension; capture