sale; sales; selling; marketing
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
ordinary citizen; the general public
home; household; family; hearth
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline
midwinter; dead of winter
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
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
instant; moment; for an instant
if you think about it; come to think of it
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
use; utilization; utilisation; application
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
workshop; studio; atelier
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
that day; the very same day
3rd day of the month; three days