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immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement

2

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

to polish one's skills

1

big man; large man; tall man; giant

1

father; dad

1

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to bear fruit

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

3

in a bad mood

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

one's home; one's house

1

hardware store or dealer

1

well, I must admit ...

1

morning; a.m.

1

to shake with rage

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

4

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

income; earnings

1

slow; dim

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

1

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

dream

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist

1

to laugh scornfully

1

to pay

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse

2

to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart

2

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

2

instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

2

in person; personally; directly

1

chance; opportunity

2

the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1