buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
company president; manager; director
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
in person; personally; directly
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
action of making something; -ification
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
scale; scope; plan; structure
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence