after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
tomfoolery; monkey business
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
internal conditions; true state of affairs
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
amount of payment; amount paid
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
very much; exceedingly; extremely
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
calamity; disaster; accident
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue