crops; agricultural produce
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
maintenance; preservation; improvement
control; management (e.g. of a business)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
export; exportation; efferent
contract; compact; agreement
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
recommendation; referral; endorsement
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
proposal; proposition; suggestion
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to concern; to be related
conference room; council room
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
development; exploitation
materials; data; document
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
believable; credible; trustworthy
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
personage; person (deserving of respect)
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly