to sigh; to breathe a sigh
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
within; inside of; less than
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
seeing off and meeting on return
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
sales; selling; marketing
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
business ability; business acumen
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
first-rate; finest quality; the best
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
at once; immediately; right now
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person