talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
making a killing; making easy money; robbery; robber
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
headquarters; head office; main office
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
boxes which fit inside each other; nesting boxes; hiding one's true feelings; person in a scam whose role is to telephone the victim
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
discretion; judgement; judgment
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
by myself; in person; by oneself
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
each (every) time; whenever
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man