mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
already; now; no longer; not any more
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
decline; fall; decay; withering
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to become decrepit; to become senile
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?