carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
when it becomes; when it comes to
future (usually near); prospects
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
person concerned; interested party; related party
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
night table; bedside table
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
motherland; fatherland; native country
to be burned out (of one's home)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
bribe; money under the table
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
head; lead; vanguard; first
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
official uniform; official dress
to comb down; to smooth down
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
business; errand; nature of one's business