cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to be silent; to say nothing
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
dullard; indecisive person
beginning; outset; first; onset
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
grasp; catch; understanding
true character; real nature
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
again; once more; a second time
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
such; this sort of; like this
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
piece; fragment; one (object)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet