drink money; drinking money
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
long (time that has passed); old (story)
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
(having an) overactive imagination; tendency to get lost in one's imagination
all you want; as much as one wants
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
state of mind; (one's) mental state
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to bend; to warp; to curve
unmeasurable; impossible to measure
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
with a grin; showing a devilish smile
whispered conversation; whispering
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to polish up; to shine up
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform