consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
small businessman; petty trader
going to the capital; working in a government office
correspondence; exchange of letters
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
opening a business; opening a practice
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
about when; about what time; how soon
first 10 days of the month
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
without permission; without notice
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
outcast; odd man out; pariah
order; sequence; procedure
in terms of; from the point of view of
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
(licensed) red light district
society; the world; the times
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
box for holding papers or stationery