pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
arrangement; pact; agreement
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
just because; even if; even though
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
reason; cause; history; origin
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
documentary bill; bill of exchange
cargo; freight; money or assets
to make one's own; to take possession of
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
hostile party; enemy side
very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
constitution; rules; regulation
popular will; will of the people
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to rally; to make a comeback
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
steamship; steamboat; steamer
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
being cleared of all the charge (brought against one); being found completely innocent
divorce; dissolution of adoption
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom