to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
personal; individual; private
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
treating (someone) like an object
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
watering hole; watering place
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
to that degree; to that extent; that much
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
city bank; metropolitan bank
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
financial institutions; banking facilities
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
illegitimate child; secret love child
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker