buying price; cost price; purchase price
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
ultimate; final; last; eventual
decision; settlement; definition
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
to attack; to assault; to assail
family; members of a family
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below