around the world; throughout the world
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
allotment; apportionment; share; dividend
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Great Depression
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
such a thing; something like that
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
store; reserve; stock; savings
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman