it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
100,000; hundred thousand
thousands; several thousand
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
economical; comparatively cheap
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
but; however; provided that
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
official announcement; proclamation
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket
future; possible; potential; prospective
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
I see; that's right; indeed
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
how; in what way; by what means