to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
to be needed; to be wanted
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
training; drill; practice; discipline
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
much less; to say nothing of
the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
raising an army; launching business
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
classification; categorization; sorting
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to show up; to appear; to turn up
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
boasting of one's strength
big man; large man; tall man; giant
military personnel; soldier
hereabouts; around there; that area
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword