slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
fee; charge; rate; material
missing person; wanted person
economic fortune; luck with money
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
dignity; majesty; sanctity
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
heaven and earth; top and bottom
general; popular; common; typical
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
equal workmanship but different style
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
local color; local colour
looking from the side; looking aside
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
that's true; of course; obviously
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)