debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
considerably; fairly; quite
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
that; the matter in question
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
knowing; (an) acquaintance
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
cooperation; collaboration
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
100,000,000; one hundred million
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
large amount of money; great cost
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
black-market lending; illegal loan
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand