rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
book; volume; this; present; main; head
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
self-justification; excuse
safe; vault; storage cabinet
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to find out; to discover; to locate
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
what sort of; what kind of; what way
(written) work; book; writings
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be