smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
latest work (e.g. book, film); newest work; most recent work
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
to be profitable; to yield a profit
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
loser; defeated person; the defeated
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
one part; one portion; one section
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
distributed, decentralized arrangement
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
perceptivity; perceptual ability
distant place; faraway location; far away
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
back street; back alley; off-street