attendance; presence; appearance
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
impossible to do (although wants to)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
interference; intervention; meddling
support; backing; aid; assistance
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
to discuss; to talk together
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
transactions; dealings; business
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
proposal; proposition; suggestion
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
publicity or advertising expenses
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to make sense; to be meaningful
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
impact of publicity or propaganda
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
guess; speculation; supposition
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation