Here is what I'd recommend:
Ultra Wide Zoom
1. Tokina 17-35 f4 Pro ATX. If you want an ultrawide this is a middle of the pack lens not a world beater. What sets it apart is its price. A competent performer built Tokina tough that's plenty sharp at f8 (where you shoot these things anyway) that's 1/2 the price (or more) of other .
2. Nikon 50 f1.4 AF-D
I love this lens. It's everything a nifty-fifty should be. Good samples under $200 used. DxO rates it slightly higher than the new G series. I believe that 50's should be as fast as you can get them.
Alternate: the venerable and cheap 50 1.8 AF-D
Alternate: Tamron 45mm f1.8 VC. Don't own but supposedly super shahp across the frame and all apertures and has vibration reduction for a 2-stop advantage. Also reasonably priced used. Better than the Sigma "Art" lens imo and way cheaper.
3. 70-210 AF-D. Make sure it's the "D" one. This is a good performer, plenty sharp and reasonable on the used market. Great old school build quality. (I recently somehow stole one for $35 on the aution site but that was a fluke. Expect to pay $80-100ish) This lens is known for blazingly fast auto-focus but only the "D" version. It is my telezoom forever.
Alternate: Nikon 80-200 AI-s. This is a manual focus breakthrough zoom and I must say its image quality is impressive. Incredible build quality.
4. 85mm f1.8 G. Fantastic ultra-sharp (even wide open as verified by MTF charts) short-tele for portraits. An instant classic near flawless lens that's reasonably priced.
Alternate 85mm f1.8 D. I didn't buy this because used prices make the newer "G" a better buy. Also a Nikon classic. (Don't own)
5. 35mm f2.0 AF-D. I love this lens. Reasonable on the used market. I will get dissed on review sites. But it's small, light, and renders beautifully. A Nikon classic.
6. An AI'd 200 f4 Q (or Q.C.) Cheap as chips 4 element telephoto with a built-in hood you can use as a baseball bat. Another lens I love. The newer AI-s 5 element version is supposedly better, sharper. But this lens is so simple it convinced me that low element count lenses are where it's at. Character to spare and a dimensional quality. It just renders beautifully. Magic.
7. Any 135 f2.8 by any manufacturer. Mine is an Imado (huh?) This is for portratis. I wouldn't usually get this focal length but they're so plentiful and so cheap, why not? Mine was $27. It's beautifully made and if it was a Nikkor it would be $150 used. You buy these for the bokeh and use them for portraits so sharpness doesn't matter. This focal lenght shot close to subject will produce great bokeh and portraits. No need for an inflated price Nikon for this one. All lenses from the 135/2.8 era are built to last. Get a cheap one -- JC Penney, "Imado" -- whatever.
8. 20-80mm 3.3-5.6. Dirt cheap Nikon kit lens. They made 1.7 million of them. I paid $30 for mine on the auction site. Built like crap. The gray version I own looks endearingly cheap. However, this lens is unique. It's a simple low element design (6 element, 6 group) design includes a resin aspherical hybrid element. It is sharp enough. But I still say that low element count lenses simply render images better. Great light walking around lens. Prices on these were inflated for a while because Ken Rockwell raved about it on his site but prices returned to normal.
I would also HIGHLY recomend the Yongnuo 685 speedlight ($100) for Nikon and the 622n transceiver ($40) paring. I never messed with OTC flash. It is a revelation. I put the flash on the little plastic stand that comes with the flash, set is somewhere in the room, point it usually to the ceiling. I'm in the TTL camp. It is liberating being able to shoot at any aperture or shutter speed and have perfect light. Keeping the flash off camera opens creative possiblities. Keeping the little transceiver in the hotshoe keeps the camera from being bulky and awkward and blinding the subject. OTC enables candid photos with a flash. Often they doen't even know a flash fired. (A lot of photographers like Godox but I've been happy with this Yonghuo pairing...)