wine shop; liquor store; pub; heavy drinker
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
blow; hit (on the body); beating
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
arrest; apprehension; capture
six (long cylindrical things)
end of life; death; annihilation
to be settled; to be brought to an end
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
even though it is not; despite not
economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
main cause; primary factor
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires