for this very reason; that is exactly why
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
close attention; (watching with) keen interest
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
Pegasus (star); Pegasus (winged horse in Greek mythology)
time; season; period; phase; stage
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
hard-line policy; tough measure
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
caravan; group of people touring to sell, investigate, etc.
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
groundwork; (lit.) laying the foundation
conference room; council room
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to take command; to give direction