very important person; super star; super big shot
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
outward appearance; apparent
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
management; administration; operation
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted
dozens; scores of; decades
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
legal; lawful; legitimate
black-market channels; illegal channels
local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area
police; police officer; police station
questioning (e.g. by police)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
firmly; solidly; heartily
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
destruction; disruption; (application) crash