sales; selling; marketing
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be profitable; to yield a profit
fundraising; financing; cash flow
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
along the river; riverside
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
eastern part; the east (of a region)
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
smuggling; contraband trade
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
one of these days; someday; one day
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through