to try and do something; to attempt to do something
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
full payment; liquidation
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to begin talking; to open up
amount of money; sum of money
large amount of money; great cost
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
tax planning; tax reduction strategy
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
blow; shock; strike; batting
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
payment of debts; repayment
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
(not so) much; (not) very
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
furiously; passionately; indignantly
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
gazing at (in wonderment)
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth