to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
consideration; taking into account
like this; this sort; this way
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
amount of money; sum of money
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to employ; to hire; to charter
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
8000; eight thousand; many
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
competing companies; rival companies
equilibrium; good balance; poise
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
family a woman has married into
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception