script; screenplay; scenario
start-up company; venture business
illegal; illicit; unlawful
investment; contribution; financing
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to be expensive; to be costly
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
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