to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
title deed; certificate of title
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to live; to reside; to inhabit
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
owner; possessor; holder; carrier
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
otherwise; or else; if not
government; administration
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
in person; personally; directly
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
production; output; turning out
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking