cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
transactions; dealings; business
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
postwar period; period after Second World War
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
briquette (charcoal or coal)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
corrugated iron; corrugated sheet metal; galvanised sheet iron
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
staple; stapler clip; staple (food, crop); staple (fiber); cable clip (clip used to attach electrical cable to wooden building material)
number two; mistress; concubine
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)