to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
not permitting; not authorizing
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to watch intently; to stare
intelligence gathering; information gathering
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
main road; main thoroughfare
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
legislation; development of laws
shop; small store; business; firm
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
business conditions; business category; line of business
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
business; trade; operations; sales
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
point in question (at issue)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent