gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
company; corporation; workplace
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to triumph; to be elated with success
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
this and that; various things
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
take-out; take-away; carry-out
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)