to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
government office building
clerk; office worker; office staff
race (of people); type of person
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
front; frontage; facade; main
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
movie projector; film projector; cine projector
image quality (film, video, etc.)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
suited figure; person in a suit
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
true seal (animal); earless seal
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
and; thereupon; because of that