book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to have meaning; to be meaningful
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
document; official papers
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to get between; to be caught in
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
by means of; due to; because of; according to
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
amount of money; sum of money
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket