mutual financing association
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
3000; three thousand; many
connection; link; relationship
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
100,000,000; one hundred million
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
sharp parting remark; parting threat
(one) could even say that
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
being good-for-nothing; useless person
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
just you wait and see (as a threat)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
before the gate; in front of the gate
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off