consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
mass communication; mass media
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
that's the way it is; such is life
to make out a check (cheque); to write out a check
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
victim; injured party; sufferer
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
company; corporation; workplace
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
society; public; community; social studies
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter