sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
person killed in action; the war dead
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
impassioned speech; fervent speech
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
swindler; imposter; crook
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
free (of charge); gratuitous
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to take back; to recapture
lacking a plan; haphazard
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
this (very thing); this precisely
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone