wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
personality; style; appearance
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to have a talk; to tell a story
chance; opportunity; occasion
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
personal; individual; private
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
story; tale; talk; discussion
business discussion; negotiation
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
transactions; dealings; business
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
personal history; background; career
about; on; regarding; per; for every
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family