everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
secret; private; surreptitious
shop; small store; business; firm
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
of course; certainly; naturally
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
unless (you do something)
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
contract; compact; agreement
duty; obligation; responsibility
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
connection; link; relationship
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to join forces; to cooperate
hills and fields; countryside
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
finite; limited; restricted
labor; labour; work; service
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
in history; ever; historical
to pry; to prize; to prise
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
present-day people; people of this world