wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
unspecified; random; indefinite
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
to watch over; to watch attentively
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
review (of learned material); revision
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
besides; in addition; also; moreover
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to anticipate; to foresee
article; news story; report; account
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
weekly publication; weekly magazine
weekly pictorial magazine
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
online communications; personal computer communications (esp. pre-Internet); pre-Internet online service
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)