existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
how long; how much; to what extent
to be profitable; to yield a profit
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to be able to manage somehow or another
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
town; city; municipal; urban
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk