lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse; to use as grounds (for); to use as a shield; to shelter behind; to hide behind
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
way of speaking; intimation
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
property; fortune; means; assets
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
bankrupt person; insolvent person
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
having no money; lack of money
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
reasonable (price, fee, fare, rate, etc.); reasonably priced; affordable; reasonable (judgment, policy, response, etc.); appropriate; sensible
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to do; to have the nerve to (do)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject