trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
use; utilization; utilisation; application
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
such; this sort of; like this
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
how; in what way; how about
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that