to feel gloomy; to have doubts (e.g. about the future); to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)
high rating; good reputation
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
enactment; establishment; creation
change in the law; legal reform
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
form; shape; figure; morph
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
retrenchment; curtailment
motorization; motorisation
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
splish-splash; with a splash
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
splish-splash; with a splash
(coming to a) sudden stop
to be boiled; to be cooked
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
manly; masculine; like a man
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
method of bringing up; method of raising
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad