fireworks display; display of fireworks
many; much; plenty; hardly
business trip; official trip
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
death (of an emperor); demise
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
legend; folklore; tradition
festival merrymaking; revelry
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to dye; to colour; to color
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in