ticket sold in advance; advance ticket
repayment; refund; payback
many problems; various problems
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
right (to do something); authority; power
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
eighth month of the lunar calendar
frosted (glass); matted; disillusionment; letdown
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
(period of) a year; during an era
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
party; social event; get-together; compa (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
youthful; young; young-looking
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
government office; public office
mass communication; mass media
social status; social position
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
weekly publication; weekly magazine
anonymity; using an assumed name
ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
business world; business circles
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly