having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
buying futures; speculation
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
anxiety (about the future)
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; double stroke of good luck; perfect timing!; how convenient (for you to show up)!
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
night-vision scope; night scope
furious facial expression
spirit photography; ghost photography
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
being lost in deep thought
mischief-maker; trickster; (arch.) lascivious person (esp. a loose woman); (arch.) useless fellow; (arch.) mouse; (arch.) rat
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
to happen to hear; to overhear
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report