proposal; proposition; suggestion
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to do together; to share; to participate in
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
convenient; handy; useful
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
rental fee; rent; hire charge
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
possessed of a strong sense of duty
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
such; like that; that sort of; very
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
in succession; one after another
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
as (for); for; in the capacity of
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency