top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
individual; private person; personal; private
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
although I say; although one might say; although called
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
thousands; several thousand
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
payment of debts; repayment
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
(your) daughter; young woman
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
nervous; neural; neurogenic
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
almost; roughly; approximately
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less