plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
bidding price; price tendered
(not) a single person; (no) one
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
tender winner; successful bidder; contract awardee
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
price ceiling; maximum price
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
society; the world; the times
president (of a society); chairman
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
resentment; indignation; anger
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
intelligence; intellect; brains
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
himself; yourself; herself
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to be hot on a person's heels
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick