main cause; primary factor
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
without permission; without notice
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
person on top of the income scale; top earner
lease agreement; rental contract
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
bond; bill; certificate; security
court (of law); courtroom
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
although I say; although one might say; although called
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to happen to hear; to overhear
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
administration of justice
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
first of all; first thing
sad; wretched; deplorable
sympathy; compassion; pity
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)