high-quality goods; luxury item
shipping charges; transportation expenses
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
rich person; wealthy person
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
agricultural land; farmland
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
to polish up; to shine up
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
overall; general; as a whole
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
technical; technological; practical
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
southern tip; southern end; southernmost part
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
high-class restaurant; high-end store
growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding
continuing at a high level; remaining high
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
bargain goods; loss leader; eye-catching goods; featured product
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
naturally; of course; understandably
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)