advantage; benefit; profit; interest
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
having gone too far to turn back
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
borrowing something already borrowed
to be to the point; to be pertinent
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?