laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
workshop; studio; atelier
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
comparatively high; fairly expensive
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
district; section; sector
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
stubborn (obstinate) father; pig-headed old man
looking depressed; long face
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
the (civil engineering and) construction industry
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to be forward; to be impertinent