getting an advance (on one's salary)
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
smoothly; easily; readily
extensive knowledge; erudition
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to jump from one thing to another
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
to thrust down; to push off
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
ingredient; component; composition
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to look attractive; to look nice
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to capture; to seize; to plunder
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
plan; protocol; manifest; program