to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
dwelling; house; residence; address
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
existence; possession; having; limited company
small businessman; petty trader
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
system; institution; organization; organisation
large number (of); many; majority
to need; to call for; to require
it is not (like that) either
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions