transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
two (long cylindrical things)
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
retail store; retail shop
to have a relationship; to have relations
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
convenient; handy; useful
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
great popularity; sensation; good reputation
enterprising man; businessman; industrialist
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
many; a lot; much; multitude
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
disposition; temperament; turn of mind; atmosphere; feeling
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
reform; reformation; reorganization
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
example; illustration; precedent
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter