combined living room, dining room and kitchen
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
under development; in development
hacking; hacking (basketball, rugby, etc.); fouling
rival (company); competitor
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
patent application; patent filings
trial; judgement; judgment
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
opening session; anteroom
to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
directions; instructions; orders; command
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
good impression; favorable impression
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
several weeks; a few weeks
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic