income; receipts; revenue
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
just a handful; only a small number (of)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to employ; to hire; to charter
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
hills and fields; countryside
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
beforehand; in advance; previously