supply; provision; raising; procurement
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
investment; contribution; financing
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to say; to tell; to state; to do
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
business world; business circles; (the) industry
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
knowing; (an) acquaintance
because of; owing to; due to
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to apologize; to apologise
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
society; the world; the times
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
victim; injured party; sufferer
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
company; corporation; workplace
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite