top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
right (to do something); authority; power
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
almost; roughly; approximately
exclusive; attached to; specialist
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to look away; to avert one's eyes
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
use; utilization; utilisation; application
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
small change; coins; small sum of money
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...