company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
right to know; right to access information
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
commerce; trade; business
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
freighter; cargo ship; carrier
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
one large ...; a great ...
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
Imperial standard; (fig.) worthy cause
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
manner of using one's hands
portrait of deceased person
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
having said that; be that as it may
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
after school (at the end of the day)
recreation; diversion; relaxation
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
thermos bottle; vacuum flask
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to lie down; to throw oneself down