determination; resolution
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
to invite; to show (someone) in
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
(not) even once; (not) ever
disinheritance; disowning
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
canon (i.e. the Biblical canon)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
wife and children; (arch.) wife
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to set up shop; to open a store
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
on the occasion of; at the time of
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
senior high school; high school
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie