book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
general; popular; common; typical
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
depopulation; declining population
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
end of war; cessation of hostilities
weakening; emaciation; decline
construction; establishment
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector
factory; plant; mill; workshop
employment (long term); hire
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
quality (of a product or a service)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery