secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
festival; feast; carnival
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
daily necessities; goods for everyday life
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
family vacation; family trip
independence; self-reliance
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
for the present; for the time being
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
chief; main; principal; major
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to have an idea; to have a clue
direct descent; direct line
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds