industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
older sister and younger brother
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
convenient; handy; useful
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
treating someone like a child
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
existence; being; presence
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
second house; second home
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once