to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
largest class; top category
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
dark night; moonless night
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
business discussion; negotiation
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
market price; current price
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
business world; business circles; (the) industry
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
consequently; as a result; in the end
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do