at that time; in those days
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
to need; to demand; to take; to require
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to take (be in) charge of
to take up one's residence
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
interest; rights; concession
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to run away; to escape safely
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
posterity; future life; life to come
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
reading too much into (what ... says)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to be tired of looking at
interest; appeal; attraction; fun