cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
high blood pressure; hypertension
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries; loss of flexibility (in thinking, systems, etc.); inflexibility; institutional rigidity
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
ongoing; in progress; afoot
heart attack; myocardial infarction
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
at first; in the beginning; originally
script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
business; work; operations; service; duties
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
forevermore; for eternity
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
one by one; one each; one at a time
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
3000; three thousand; many
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily