information; news; report; reward; retribution
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
of all things (days, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
difficult to ...; hard to ...
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
acceleration; speeding up
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
roller coaster; big dipper
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to receive a favorable reputation; to get good reviews; to meet with a favorable reception
one cause; one reason; one factor
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
memory; sense; experience
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
100,000,000; one hundred million
amount of money; sum of money
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
whatever the case; under any circumstances
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)