to melt (of a metal); to fuse
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to correct oneself; to restate
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
sovereign; emperor; monarch
to smear with blood; to kill
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
legal; lawful; legitimate
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
share (in a company); stock
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
Gulliver; preeminent example of its kind
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
economic world; financial circles; business community
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
price decline; fall in price
sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing
at the meeting; on the occasion
all companies; each company