trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
our country; our land; one's own country
local specialty; special product (of a region)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
wide-awake to one's interests
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly