embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
moneylending; moneylender
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
abundant harvest; bumper crop
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
reduction by half; halving
every year; yearly; annually
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into