safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
indeed; really; truly; very much
book making (binding, publishing)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
honour; honor; glory; privilege
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
head; brains; intellect; understanding
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
guess; conjecture; surmise
accumulation; accumulate; store
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
writing something on commission; newly written text
some people; a few people; several people
to be sacked; to be dismissed
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
flipping (e.g. a page); peeling off; fluently
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover