purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
(facial) scrub; scrubs (clothing)
ratio; proportion; percentage
association; society; organization; organisation
good-quality; superior in quality
training; education; development; cultivation
personal (employee); employed; retained
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
prior investment; upfront investment
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to squeeze out; to wring out
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
the lower classes; the common people
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
street; quarter; district; area
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
production output; number of goods manufactured