open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
way of reciting; way of telling a story
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
leader; authority; mainstay
Euro-; euro (the currency)
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
diversion; putting something to another use
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
district; section; sector
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
secret; private; surreptitious
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to happen to hear; to overhear
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
very interesting; of great interest