merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
soon; shortly; before long
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
single word; a few words; brief comment
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
subsidy; grant; subvention
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to think alike; to get along
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
to look down on; to make light of
looks; features; (personal) appearance
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
future; possible; potential; prospective
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute); selling out (to a competitor); selling off
property; fortune; means; assets
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount