unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
cost of one's food; one's board
on duty; at work; while working
station; office; guardroom
vague recollection; faint memory
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to take turns; to mingle together
agricultural community; farm village; rural
transport; freight; shipping
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
just past noon; afternoon
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
last position; previous job; predecessor
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
renewal charge; renewal fee
to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
young man who has a feminine aesthetic
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
packing something in a bag; bagging
rampancy; prevalence; domination
openly; in public; without caring what others think
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
thrift; economy; frugality
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
although there are many of them
(arch.) trunk; (arch.) stem; shaft (of an arrow); handle
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
cabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.); stealthy footsteps; walking silently
surface of a board or record
priority; order of precedence
solely; entirely; only; or
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
hard-fought win; winning through perseverance