bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
price increase; rise in price
article; thing; object; property; real estate
sudden price jump; steep price rise
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
modern person; people of today
immediately; right away; on the spot
sales message; sales copy
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
the same as always; day after day
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to sigh; to breathe a sigh