friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts
practice; practising; training; study
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
struggle (for); scramble; contest
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
perfect; complete; flawless
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
choosing between two things; two choices
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to get help; to enlist aid
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
huge win; overwhelming victory
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
to win and advance to the next round
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
clearing one's throat; cough
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher