high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
covering the whole ground
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; (lit.) to kick sand (at someone) with one's hind legs
roll of all ones (dice); snake eyes
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
farming on one's own land; independent farmer; landed farmer; owner farmer
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching