eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to talk; to chat; to chatter
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
boarder; boarding student
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
instant; moment; for an instant
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
settlement; solution; resolution
as before; as ever; as it was originally
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to be perturbed; to be agitated
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
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extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
180 degrees; complete change
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly