to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
real thing; original; actual
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
indictment; prosecution; complaint
financier; business leader
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
way (of doing); manner; method; means
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
disclosure; exposure; revelation
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to be consistent; to be coherent
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
change of occupation; career change
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to subsist; to keep on living
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
special; particular; peculiar; unique
amount of material resources
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained