cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
wages; pay; rental payment
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in order; sequential; seriatim
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
money paid to the government
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
by means of; due to; because of; according to
harassment (esp. in workplace); bullying; discrimination
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
great hurry; great haste; rush
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation