to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
and; thereupon; because of that
room for growth; potential; promise
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
few decades; many decades; several decades
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
prospects of victory; chances of success
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
construction; establishment
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization