cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
in the future; another day; later
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to take over; to hand over
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
originally; by nature; from the start
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation