zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
monetary; financial; pecuniary
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
theatre; theater; playhouse
ticket-collector; collecting tickets
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
incessant working; working non-stop
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
when it comes to; concerning
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
way of reciting; way of telling a story
unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
ardent; passionate; vehement
strong opposition; vehement opposition
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
future (usually near); prospects
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
pregnancy; conception; gestation
quarrel; dispute; argument
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away