gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
all night; the whole night
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
originally; by nature; from the start
as usual; as is one's habit
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
society; the world; the times
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
trial; judgement; judgment
legal; lawful; legitimate
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
acrobatics; risky undertaking
to stop (plug) one's ears
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
eyes of a predator; keen eyes; (lit.) eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk