to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
commerce; trade; business
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
work; business; company; study
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to need; to call for; to require
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
national border; provincial border
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
in name only; titular; nominal
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
discovery; detection; finding
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
since one was born; (in) all one's life
steady advance; carrying all before one
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy