transactions; dealings; business
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
stealthily; secretly; in secret
whispering into a person's ear
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)