celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions; vertical thinking; linear thinking
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
extrajudicial; extralegal; supralegal
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to make public; to bring to light
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
subspace (in science fiction); space free from the laws of physics
webcast; web broadcast; Internet distribution; online distribution
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
virtual currency; cryptocurrency
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
with a whizz; whistling sound; whizzing by; gushing out (e.g. of blood)
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
based on; on the basis of
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient