scale; scope; plan; structure
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
town; city; municipal; urban
depopulation; declining population
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
branch office; branch store
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
100,000,000; one hundred million
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
whispering into a person's ear
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
like this; in this way; as you see
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite