reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
writing pressure; pen pressure; strength of a brushstroke
rising diagonally up and to the right; growing; expanding; soaring
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
self-analysis; autoanalysis
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
moneymaking; earning money
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
digest; summary; abridgment
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
throughout; all through; right through
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
number of times; frequency; count
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish