beforehand; in advance; previously
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
leaving everything up to someone else
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
preference; priority; precedence
to cut corners; to be shoddy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
this occasion; at this time; now
highest level; high-water mark
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
even more; still more; further
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
distress; wretched condition
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for