easy money; easy gain; making a killing
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
100,000; hundred thousand
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to some extent; to a certain extent
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
(present) head of a family
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
one's physical safety; personal security
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
under the ... administration; within the ... government
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
Nazi; Nationalsozialist; Nazi Party
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface