statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
work; business; company; study
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
to live fast (and recklessly)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
university (college) professor
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
outside world; physical world
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
training; education; development; cultivation
way; method; means; resource; course
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
moderate faction; moderates
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
this occasion; at this time; now
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
model or exemplary student
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
all you want; as much as one wants