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operating expenses; budget

1

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

1

money; cash

2

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

3

testimony; (verbal) evidence

6

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

evidence; proof

7

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

4

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

1

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

1

few days

3

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

2

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

2

in one's own way or style

2

time; labour; labor

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

2

to continue to increase; to continue to mount

1

aim

1

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

6

synopsis; outline; plot

2

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

9

siblings; brothers and sisters

1

princess

5

internal; domestic

3

dispute; conflict; trouble; strife

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

4

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

1

to begin to speak

2

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

uncle

1

falling from a horse

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

the throne; the crown

3

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

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

1

matter of time; question of time

1

we

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

4

accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer

3

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

Alex

21

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

5