(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
(for) the time being; (for) the present; immediate; present; (for) some time (after); checking account
fundraising; financing; cash flow
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
to translate; to interpret
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
(a place) out of one's reach
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
inheritance; something given or received
scale; scope; plan; structure
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
rat (esp. a laboratory rat)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
food; food products; foodstuffs
cooler box; cooler; cool box
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
video camera; video camcorder
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate