pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
proud; having a prominent nose
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to shade an account; to add something extra
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
classification; categorization; sorting
to carry around; to carry on one's person
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
at once; immediately; right now
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
home; household; family; hearth
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to invite in; to show someone in
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
contract; compact; agreement
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person