profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
football pitch; soccer field
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
participants; participating athletes
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
financials; on the funding (capital) side
having said that; on the other hand
authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound
precision instrument or machine
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
miser; niggard; cheapskate