to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
state-run business; state enterprise; national enterprise
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
small hill; low hill; hillock
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)