success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
family; members of a family
cost of one's food; one's board
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to jump at; to be attracted by
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
shop; small store; business; firm
exhibition; display; putting on show
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
as; because; with; due to
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)