stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
contrived; false-sounding
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
all; entire; whole; altogether
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
feeling; sense; impression
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
Dragon Quest (video game; media franchise); Dragon Warrior
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
smoothly; easily; readily
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show