demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
impossible; unlikely; improbable
wife and children; (arch.) wife
man; male; masculine gender
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be helpful; to be useful
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
price; cost; value; worth; value
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
beginning; outset; first; onset
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
transactions; dealings; business