to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
financial power; financial means; wealth
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
time; season; period; phase; stage
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
prior investment; upfront investment
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to wring the neck; to strangle
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
comparatively; relatively
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
river; stream; River; the ... river
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger