certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
down payment; contract money
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
connection; link; relationship
otherwise; or else; if not
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
that is to say; so that means
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
inscrutable; incomprehensible
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
inexpert or untrained eyes
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
violent explosion; bursting
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to happen to have on hand or in stock
looking on (somebody) as hostile
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove