important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
flight; escape; running away; flying high
to ask a high price; to overcharge
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
the very start; the very beginning
sales promotion; hard selling
first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
business; trade; operations; sales
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
person who is ...; thing that is ...
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
harsh criticism; something worthless or of little value
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
big leakage; uncontained leak
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
for today; for the time being
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
settlement; solution; resolution
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade