close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
what sort of; what kind of; what way
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
overlooking; letting a good ball go by
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
seeing one off; farewell; escort
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
if you do this; if this is the case
payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD
chit; sales slip; voucher
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health