threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
transactions; dealings; business
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
installment; instalment; premium; bill
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to have a talk; to tell a story
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
it's no joke; gimme a break!
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)
price; cost; value; worth; value
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely