knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to learn something through hearing
(not) even once; (not) ever
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
had better ...; had better not ...
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
leader; guide; mentor; coach
exemplar; model; example; pattern
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
(study of) public finance
consideration; taking into account
should do; ought to do; must do
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
United States and Germany; American-German
developed country; advanced country
individualism; egoism; selfishness
each; (arch.) you (plural)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
personal attack; ad hominem attack
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
export value; value of exports