to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
fraction; odd amount; leftover amount
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
chair; stool; post; office; position
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
originally; by nature; from the start
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
secret; private; surreptitious
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to blame; to find fault with
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
to be needed; to be wanted
how; in what way; by what means
one night; one evening; all night; overnight