materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to assemble; to set up; to construct
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to need; to call for; to require
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
steady; firm; solid; secure
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to this extent; to this degree; this much
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
ratio; proportion; percentage
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to rank next to; to come after
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to be silent; to say nothing
hereabouts; around there; that area
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be born; to come into the world
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
(not so) much; (not) very
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances