rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
voluntary restraints; self-limitation
mutual opposition; contrariety; contradiction; repulsion
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
I don't give a damn; I wouldn't know; that's got nothing to do with me
to throw down the drain; to waste
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
so many (that one would want to sell some); more than enough; lots; plenty
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
human trafficking; slave trade
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
finance business; moneylending business
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
late at night; at a late hour
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
amount of material resources
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine