financier; business leader
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
powerful person; influential person
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
family; relatives; dependents; household
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
very likely; very probable
personal; individual; private
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
such; this sort of; like this
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to say no more; to sink into silence
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop