dodgy dealings; monkey business
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
personal affair; one's own affair
sympathy; compassion; pity
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
gleaming; shining; glistening
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
full view; plain sight; completely visible