alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
resignation; acceptance; consolation
history of; experience of
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
well known; well connected
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
breath; breathing; tone; mood
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to raise one's voice; to shout
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
branch road; branch path; fork road
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
hostility; animosity; enmity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
inheritance; something given or received
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via