chief; main; principal; important
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
drug deal; drug dealing; drug trafficking; drug trade
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
victim; injured party; sufferer
possession; retention; maintenance
to palm off; to force a sale
control; management (e.g. of a business)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
negotiating a lower price; negotiate a discount; price negotiation
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
woman; female; feminine gender
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout