merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
casualties; the killed and wounded
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
migration; move; emigration; immigration
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
construction; architecture (of buildings)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
street stall; stand; booth
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to live through; to survive
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
sexual culture; sexual mores; prostitution
supply; provision; service; supply
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness; toilet; restroom; bathroom
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
control; management; supervision
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
box-shaped; box-type; boxy
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
like this; this sort; this way
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse