small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
scale; scope; plan; structure
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
social; societal; societary
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
as (for); for; in the capacity of
affiliated company; affiliated business
money paid to the government
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
enterprise; business; company; corporation
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...