late at night; small hours of the morning
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis
mutation; change; transition
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
acquaintance; close friend
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
omen; sign; notice; indication
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
neat (personal appearance); tidy
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
another dimension; different level; whole other level
bed and food; eating and sleeping
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
very rich person; the super rich
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
serves you right!; see what happens!
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
fear; dread; fright; willies
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
shades of evening; dead of night