merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
business ability; business acumen
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
class; heading; group; category
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
newly appointed; inaugural
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
thought; consideration; thinking
to attempt; to test; to try out
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
company; corporation; workplace
kindness; intimacy; friendship
rebate; commission; kickback
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
major cleanup; spring cleaning
victim; injured party; sufferer
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
sympathy; compassion; pity
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable