maintenance; preservation; improvement
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
monetary; financial; pecuniary
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
had better ...; had better not ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
still; even now; to this day
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
visit (from someone); call
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of