since the dawn of history
100,000; hundred thousand
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
individual; private person; personal; private
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
contrived; false-sounding
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
amount of money; sum of money
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
casting; founding; minting
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
guess; speculation; supposition
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
wages; pay; rental payment
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
working; being employed; being hired