proposal; proposition; suggestion
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to look away; to avert one's eyes
stealthily; secretly; in secret
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
January; first month of the lunar calendar
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
man; male; masculine gender
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
clerk; office worker; kulak
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to make advances (to); to woo; to work on someone
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose