common people; ordinary people; masses
(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
posture; position; stance
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
professional killer; hit man
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
calamity; disaster; misfortune
experiment; experimentation
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
toxin; poisonous substance
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
100,000; hundred thousand
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
patterns of thinking; train of thought
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
when it becomes; when it comes to
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
influence; clout; leverage
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself