firm promise; definite promise
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
call; summons; convening; convocation
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
mobilization; mobilisation
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel