| subsidize | support financially |
| devout | serious / commited |
| emulate | strive to equal |
| convict | prove guilty |
| go bankrupt | be broke |
| float | stay on surface |
| discharge | release |
| hazardous | risky |
| submerge | go under water |
| felony | serious crime |
| onslaught | attack , assault |
| lurch | move suddenly |
| snort | noise showing disapproval |
| squarely | directly |
| peddlers | people who go from place to place in order to sell something / chapman |
| livid face | pale face |
| appaling behavior | frightening behavior |
| dishevelled clothes | rumpled clothes |
| slurred voice | vague voice / not clear |
| impenetrable crowd | impassable crowd |
| sane person | rational person |
| mindless insult | thoughtless offend |
| wring hands | be helpless |
| nurture climat | environment |
| blacken the name | slam the name |
| loiter a place | change place |
| stern discipline | strict discipline |
| jazz up a car | tweak a car |
| confessed | admitted |
| reveal the truth | uncover the truth |
| prominence | significance |
| spanking | striking with the open hand |
| urged | encouraged |
| excel | be better than others |
| digressed | wandered away |
| boost | improve |
| scraping | cleaning |
| derives from | has a source |
| rampant | blusterous |
| promulgate | make known |
| solemn manner | serious manner |
| whittle away | reduce gradually |
| to snare | to take away |
| engenders | gives rise to, causes |
| dungeon | cellar |
| clunker | heap |
