shopping district; shopping street; downtown
president (of a society); chairman
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
boasting of one's strength
to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion; to push someone around; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
back street; back alley; slums
sovereign; emperor; monarch
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
essence; true nature; substance; reality
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
being all smiles with joy
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
investment; contribution; financing
such; like that; in that way
even so; anyhow; at any rate
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to smile broadly; to grin widely
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
to spread; to be propagated
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
to play a central role; to take a leading part
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)