broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)
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; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
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.)
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
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
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery