to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
not having had enough to drink (esp. alcohol)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
special training; intensive training; crash course
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
society; the world; the times
future (usually near); prospects
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
southern part; the south (of a region)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
country; territory; domain; realm
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
the big two...; two major...; two main...
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
river; stream; River; the ... river
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land