complete set; all; everything
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
gem; jewel; precious stone
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
in this way; thus; such; uh...
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to concern; to be related
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
income; receipts; revenue
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
regret; repentance; remorse
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
menial; meanness; servility; abject
royalty and titled nobility
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
considerably; fairly; quite
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)