cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
investment; contribution; financing
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
underworld; underside of society
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
offender; criminal; culprit
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
war; battle; match; game; competition
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
stabbing to death; putting out
materials; data; document
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
petition for retrial; appeal for retrial