formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
forcibly; by force; against one's will
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
transactions; dealings; business
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
settlement (of an account); liquidation of debts; payment
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
alteration; falsification; faking
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
to shade an account; to add something extra
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
unimportant things; insignificant things; trifles
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
meaning; called; named; that says; that
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
match; game; bout; contest
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true