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to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship

4

property; fortune; assets

13

indicates emphasis

11

down payment; contract money

1

with a clink (of metal); with a chink

2

precious metal

13

coin; token; slug

15

pay; salary; to pay (off); to be profitable; heroin

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

5

a fortune

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

4

foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods

2

calming down; quieting down

5

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

2

sponsor

1

fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

1

income; receipts; revenue

3

to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

2

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

4

broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

2

cheap lodging house

1

necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)

1

another person; others

12

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

7

grade

2

to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor

3

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

4

to engrave; to carve out

2

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

12

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

4

experimental

4

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

5

listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance

1

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

1

annual income

1

5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many

2

paper money; note; bill

1

banknote; bill; note; paper money

1

100,000; hundred thousand

18

to spend money

2

fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road

3

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

3

bitter-tasting bug

7

to chew up

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

2

iron ore

4

polite; respectful; reverent

10

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

12

containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)

1

wheat field

2