faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
one large ...; a great ...
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
development; exploitation
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
sudden price jump; steep price rise
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
export; exportation; efferent
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning