a self-made man

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a self-made man

a man who is rich and successful as a result of his own work and not because his family had a lot of money Critchley was a self-made man who learned accounting while working in a brush factory.

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A self-made man, he was one of the founders of heavy industries in the country. Businessman mourned by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain) Mr Ellis said: "My father was a self-made man who went straight into work in the days when boys at the age of 15 were called to do so. Tribute to a father's sacrifice by The Journal (Newcastle, England) In one, a self-made man in a near future Sao Paulo of riches and poverty finds himself immersed in a dangerous underworld; in the second, an ambitious Rio TV producer seeks a different kind of reality show and finds herself involved in a dangerous conspiracy; and in the third, a Jesuit missionary sent into 18th century Brazil to locate and punish a rogue priest finds himself in a dangerous Amazon world. Brasyl by The Bookwatch			a road hog a roll in the hay a roller coaster a roof over head a rough diamond a roving eye a rubber check a rude awakening a rule of thumb a rum do a run for money a running battle a rush of blood a sacred cow a sad state of affairs a safe bet a safe pair of hands a safety net a safety valve a saving grace a scandal sheet a scaredy-cat a scarlet woman a sea change a second-class citizen a self-made man a seven-day wonder a sex kitten a sex object a shadow of former self a shaggy dog story a shelf life a shell game a shirt-lifter a shit-eating grin a shit-stirrer a shoo-in a short fuse a short sharp shock a short-arse a shot across the bow a shot in the arm a shot in the dark a shotgun wedding a shoulder to cry on a shouting match a show-stopper a shrinking violet a siege mentality a sight for sore eyes a sign of the times			A Santos Dumont A Saucerful of Secrets a saving grace a savoir a scab a scab a scab a scab A scale A scan a scandal sheet a scaredy-cat a scarlet woman A Scene Segmenter Establishing Tracking A School Cultivating Excellence, Nurturing Diversity A scope A Scrap of Paper A screw loose A Scripted Hex Editor a sea change A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays A Second Chance Animal Shelter A Second Mario Thing a second-class citizen A SEED A selection A Self Contained World a self-made man A Sense of Belonging a sense of direction a sense of direction a sense of direction a sense of direction A Sentence to Silence A Sequence of Ghosts A Series of Bearings A Series of Unexpected Escapes A Series of Unfortunate Events A Service for Self-Employment, Training, and Support a seven-day wonder A Severity Characterization of Trauma a sex kitten a sex object a shade a shade a shade A Shade Better Inc a shadow of former self a shadow of itself a shaggy dog story A share A Shared Initiative, Inc. A Shares A Sharing of Knowledge and Experience A Sharp A sheet in the wind a shelf life

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