chief; main; principal; important
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
look; glance; (at first) sight
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
inundation; submersion; flood
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
establishment; settlement
using as an intermediary; through
basis for decision; evidence for judging
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
use; utility; profit; gain
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
low income group; low income class
periodic; regular; routine
roof boards; ceiling; back board (furniture)
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to attack; to assault; to assail
traffic; coming and going; highway
midway; halfway through; in the course of
natural (physical) environment
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
three generations; three periods; third generation
favour; favor; warm friendship