business; trade; operations; sales
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to dye; to colour; to color
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
hair dye (for graying hair)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
postwar period; period after Second World War
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to feel; to sense; to experience
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
long ago; already; a long time ago
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
notice; attention; observation
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
one-by-one; separately; in detail
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who