to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
business rival; professional jealousy
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to spend time (on doing something)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to try all possible means
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
now; the present time; just now; another; more
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
failure; mistake; blunder
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
considerably; fairly; quite
time; hour; period; class
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled