to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
great hurry; great haste; rush
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
abandoned mine; disused mine
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
materials; data; document
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
document; official papers
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
only recently; just of late
higher rank; better position
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
relatively; comparatively
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
example; illustration; precedent
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
each nation; many nations; many countries
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
amount of money; sum of money
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
war; fighting; fierce competition
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of