adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
yield; crop; production; volume; piecework
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
complete; whole; perfect; safe
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
research institute; (research) laboratory
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
conferring of decorations
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
social life; social intercourse
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
proletariat; lower classes
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly