claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
in advance; beforehand; previously
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
a find; windfall; bargain
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to have a rumor circulating
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
moving tale; impressive tale
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
eccentric; crank; oddball
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
to ask a question; to ask questions
beginning; clue; starting point
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
change of schedule; schedule change
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
last time; the last; the preceding
place to die; place of death
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
one cause; one reason; one factor
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash