up until now; as recently as the present
price reduction; discount
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
main theater of war; principal battlefield
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
regarding as an enemy; treating as an enemy
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to underrate; to make light of
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
and then; and so; and; so then
in the end; at the end of the day
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop