to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
slight; thin; on the weak side
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
in succession; one after another
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
serious; severe; grave; acute
operating expenses; budget
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
had better ...; had better not ...
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be able to manage somehow or another
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
don't you think?; indicates question
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly