culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
secret information; intelligence
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
mental image; mental picture; image
to get help; to enlist aid
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
direct control; direct supervision
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
busy; having no time (for)
to part left and right; to open out
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
to be asked to give someone (a message, parcel, etc.); to be asked to tell someone (that); to be entrusted with
indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
general framework; broad outline; rough idea; generally; broadly; in broad terms
to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
permutation; lining up in order; linear arrangement
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
in the future; another day; later
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison