sales; selling; marketing
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
going through; going via; going by way of
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
consequence; outcome; result; blame
common people; ordinary people; masses
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
local specialty; special product (of a region)
degree of familiarity; popularity
to look down on; to make light of
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to govern; to manage; to subdue
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
sales promotion; hard selling
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
forcibly; against one's will
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
a few years ago; some years back
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
illustrated (with photographs)
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to use up all one's strength
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
materials; data; document
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object