extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
full dress; formal dress; uniform
3000; three thousand; many
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
condition; state of preservation
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
quality (of a product or a service)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing