friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts
to head home; to leave for home
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
moisture; humidity; dampness
duty room; staff room; waiting room
since then; from that time; ever since
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
start of work; commencement; opening
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
countermeasure; counter-measure
compensating; making up for; supplementation
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
charcoal kiln; charcoal pile
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
please sit down; please have a seat
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique