Vocabulary

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organic

manufacture and sales

manufacture and sales

producer-retailer alliance

strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious

I; me

negotiator; bargainer; point man

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS

newsstand

no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

fan letter; fan mail

time schedule; timetable; program

narrow; cramped; tight

war memorial; memorial (monument) to war dead

base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

beefsteak plant; perilla

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)

to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows

believe it or not

bamboo basket

weird; odd

nerd

alias; nickname

because; as; since; so; due to

entrance badge; visitor's card

stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)

to be itching to put one's skills to use

entering (a facility, etc.)

corpus; corpora

dialogue corpus (dialog); dialogue corpora

(poly) vinyl chloride; PVC

skit; short comic play

extension and structural alteration of building

absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing

body build; physique; frame

not counted (in the score); not tallied

interindustry relations analysis