allotment; quota; payment in installments; payment in instalments; hire-purchase
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
very interesting; of great interest
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
strange festival; odd festival
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
vehement objection; bitter opposition
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to summon; to get used to call
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to shut in; to confine; to contain
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
free translation; liberal translation
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
virtual currency; cryptocurrency
fusion; melting; liquefaction
verbal promise; one's word
legal binding force; legally binding power
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
excess; surplus; superabundance
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
I appreciate your efforts
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh