to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
smuggling; contraband trade
foreign; abroad; overseas
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
cargo; freight; money or assets
stealthily; secretly; in secret
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
bribe; sweetener; douceur
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
use; utilization; utilisation; application
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
with the exception of; excepting; excluding