trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
transactions; dealings; business
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
bribe; sweetener; douceur
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
severe wound; serious wound; gash
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
by means of; due to; because of; according to
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to lay aside; to set aside
to have a long life; to live a long time
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to palm off; to force a sale
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
(period of) a year; during an era
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
blackmail; extortion; persistent demand
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go