lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
great hurry; great haste; rush
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
cooking; food preparation
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
moment by moment; hour by hour
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to be relieved; to feel relieved
considerably; greatly; a lot
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
supreme; sublime; highest
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
decision of a contest; finals
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
curry and rice; rice and curry; curry rice
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
sale; sales; selling; marketing
not caring; not giving a damn
final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense