payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
private; recruit; aircraftman; seaman
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
large amount of money; great cost
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
military doctor; army surgeon
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
very rich person; the super rich
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
independence; self-reliance
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
city of temptation; wicked city; sin city
class; heading; group; category
to have a meal; to take a meal
like this; this sort; this way
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
good-quality; superior in quality
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker