farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
floor above; floor upstairs
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
handrail; railing; banister
to polish up; to shine up
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
front; frontage; facade; main
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; notice; poster
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate