to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
although I say; although one might say; although called
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
depravity; corruption; degradation
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
banknote; bill; note; paper money
100,000; hundred thousand
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
free (of charge); gratuitous
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to think of; to come up with