stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
apparent age (of someone); rough age
requisition; commandeering; conscription
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
commerce; trade; business
moment by moment; hour by hour
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
small number; few; minority
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
one-by-one; separately; in detail
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
work; business; company; study
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
source of information; intelligence source; message source