company; corporation; workplace
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
engagement gift; (ceremonial) exchange of engagement gifts
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
consequence; outcome; result; blame
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
considerably; fairly; quite
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
tool; implement; means; furniture
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
by myself; in person; by oneself
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation