subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
generation; the world; the age
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
although I say; although one might say; although called
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
migrant worker; economic nomad
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
labor; labour; toil; hardship
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
leadership; initiative; spearhead
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
clanging; empty; deserted
white (complexion); fair-skinned
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
close; intimate; on good terms
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
outside of one's area of expertise