solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
script; screenplay; scenario
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
reigning; controlling; dictating
long-awaited; much-awaited
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
superior; excellent; fine
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
business conditions; business category; line of business
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
such ... as; or some such
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
son and heir; son who will succeed one
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
business magazine; financial magazine; economic magazine
keyman; key person (e.g. of a company)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
not yet known; unknown; strange
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
eternal; unlimited; endless
chance (of success); odds
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up