difficult problem; challenge
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
(another's) daughter; young lady
business discussion; negotiation
conference room; council room
dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
strategy meeting; council of war
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
forwarding agency; express company
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
sincere; honest; faithful
Metropolitan Museum of Art
term of office; tenure; incumbency
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
The New York Times (newspaper)
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
collection (of art, stamps, etc.); collecting; collection (i.e. a range of new clothes); fashion show
to hang (something) on the wall
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
complicity (in a crime); collusion
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
administration of justice; judicature
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering