to telephone; to make a phone call
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
March; third month of the lunar calendar
bolt from the blue; great surprise
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
dirty old man; pervert; lecher
to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
surface mail (ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
hand luggage; hand baggage
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
to buy more (of something)
podgily; plumply; thickly
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
illumination; decorative lighting