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to swindle; to deceive

2

shop; store; firm

3

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling

3

to rebuild; to reconstruct

2

to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

15

incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

feeling good; feeling pleasant

1

to come to an agreement

1

to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

2

foolish; stupid

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

7

slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread

1

field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion

1

influence (on someone); inspiration

1

to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

9

representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative

1

operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work

2

interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)

1

confusion; mixing; merger

1

chart; chert

3

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

1

greedy; avaricious; covetous

3

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

2

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

2

business

1

you (plural)

1

(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

6

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

3

trust company

2

product; commodity; merchandise

1

we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

2

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

2

to be embarrassed; to lose face

3

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

2

future prospects; promise

2

since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2