the other day; lately; recently
proposal; proposition; suggestion
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
sorry; excuse me; thank you
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
factory; plant; mill; workshop
every year; yearly; annually
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
future; possible; potential; prospective
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
meaning; significance; sense
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to be frank; to drop all pretense
from here; from this place
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
beyond this point; from now on; after this
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
construction; establishment
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
as (for); for; in the capacity of