former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
president's office; director's office
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
amount of light; quantity of light
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
having said that; on the other hand
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
contract; compact; agreement
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
(period of) a year; during an era
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
is something that; is that which
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to pull in (fish); to land
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
information; experience; knowledge; observation
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
(your) judgment; discernment
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety