border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
private funds; own funds; private property
(not) a single person; (no) one
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
being too late; losing one's final chance