over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription
increased tax revenue; tax increases
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
cost of one's food; one's board
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
regular employment; full-time employment; regular employee; full-time employee; permanent employee
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
status consciousness; perception of one's social status
carpentry shop; woodworking plant; sawmill
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
dull; slow; sluggish; inactive; inanimate; quiet
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
large-scale speculative go-around
successfully; nicely; skillfully
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
to buy more (of something)
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker
human excrement; night soil
(military) unit flag; unit colors
clearing house; clearinghouse; (currency) exchange; bureau de change
claim check; baggage check; luggage check; deposit receipt
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
to start slowly; to lag behind
out-sourcing; outsourcing