pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
self-control; self-restraint
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
blackmail; extortion; coercion
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
self-deception; self-deceit
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
even if not; even without
settlement; permanent residency
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to be saved up (of money)