piggybacking marketing; method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
looking or acting as if one owned the place
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
inexpert or untrained eyes
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
money-making; earning money
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
long ago; a long time ago; already
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
prepayment of income taxes
national pension; government pension system
to gape; to open one's mouth wide