(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
commerce; trade; business
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
like this; in this way; as you see
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
town girl; girl raised in a town
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China