profit; earnings; stroke of luck
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
a glance; a look; a glimpse
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
reading partway; leaving half-read
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
brown; light brown; tawny
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
a second time; again; once more; twice
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to pretend; to act (as if)
empirically; from experience
serious wound; serious injury
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
(political) power; authority; influence
proper; respectable; decent; honest
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
to give up searching (for someone or something)
to take back; to recapture
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
to chase; to run after; to pursue
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)