large amount of money; great cost
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
early (days); initial stage; initial
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
nervousness; oversensitivity
trauma (usu. psychological)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending