secret bank account; secret account
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
account number (bank, etc.)
innocent; not guilty; harmless
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
material (data) for one's research; research material
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
voyage; passage; travelling
moment to quit; way to quit
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
private affairs; personal matter
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
chit; sales slip; voucher
the matter you have been talking about
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha