tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
wealthy individual; person of wealth
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
arrest; apprehension; capture
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
release; liberation; acquittal
to annoy; to cause trouble
horseplay; fooling around
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
several times; a few times
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to approach; to draw near
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence