gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
proposal; offer; request; application
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
notice; notification; report; posting
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
piece of evidence; evidence
the Industrial Revolution
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
volume sales; volume retail
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
support; backing; patronage
business partner; business associate; fellow trader
same village; same town; same province
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
tendency; trend; inclination
continuing at a high level; remaining high
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
permanent; perpetual; lasting
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)