to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to make use of; to lend money
moaning; muttering; complaining
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
military personnel; soldier
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
ordinary citizen; the general public
very likely; very probable
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
place of residence; dwelling place
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class