settlement; solution; resolution
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
middle of the night; dead of night
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
even more; still more; further
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
development; exploitation
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
export; exportation; efferent
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
political structure or mechanism
defense costs; defence costs; ERA
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
distant land; remote location; distant province
raw materials; ingredients
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
convenience; user-friendliness
hard to reach place; remote place
production; output; turning out
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
once upon a time; a long time ago
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish