trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
debt collection; debt collector
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
price; cost; value; worth; merit
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to dispose of; to sell off
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
considerably; fairly; quite
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile