mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
unidentifiable; unidentified
rate; late; rating; ranking
one way or the other; either way
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
financial muscle; economic clout
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
chorus; singing in a chorus
arbitration; intercession; mediation
within the year; before the year is out
urgency; exigency; emergency
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
one's share; one's portion
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)