essential; important; crucial; vital; main
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
shipping; shipment; forwarding
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
variety of goods; number of articles
retention; maintenance; preservation
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
way (of doing); manner; method; means
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
cannot be helped; unavoidable
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
war; battle; match; game; competition
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to be damaged; to receive damage