business; trade; operations; sales
bargain; good buy; budget
pregnancy; conception; gestation
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
person who occupies a position or rank; person who is good enough to be ranked in a sport
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
results; record; grades; marks
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
impassioned speech; fervent speech
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
territory; domain; dominion; possession
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
three times; thrice; third (interval)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end