difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
old friend; old acquaintance
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
to raise one's voice; to shout
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
temporary; transitory; short-lived
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
on duty; at work; while working
to join forces with; to cooperate with
vacant house; unoccupied house
official announcement; proclamation
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
stone throwing; (throwing) stone
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to subsist; to keep on living
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable