elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
company president; manager; director
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
company; corporation; workplace
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
many; much; plenty; hardly
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
enterprise; business; company; corporation
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
business ability; business acumen
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
as (for); for; in the capacity of
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
genuine article; real thing; real deal
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
study group; study meeting