prompt decision; immediate decision; on-the-spot decision; summary judgment; summary judgement
to understand; to make out
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
otherwise; or else; if not
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
to try to do; to attempt to do
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); scrutiny (of budget requests, etc.); revision (of a budget)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
small sum (of money); small amount
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
property; fortune; means; assets
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to be worried; to be troubled
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
soon; shortly; before long
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge