people; citizens; subjects; folk
15th day of the month; 15 days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
instant; moment; for an instant
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
... years old; age (of) ...
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
hips; buttocks; backside; hip; trendy; cool
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
travelling alone; solitary journey
at first; in the beginning; originally
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
low (level, value, price, etc.)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
then; well; so; well then
paisley (design); paisley motif
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking