both; both sides; both parties
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
future prospects; promise
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
social life; social intercourse
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
whispered conversation; whispering
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)
battlefield; battleground
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
(written) invitation; letter of invitation
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
person in line (for ...); person expected to ...
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club