disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
reality; actuality; hard fact
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
apparently; appears to be
surrounding at a distance
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
newspaper story (article, account)
chief; main; principal; important
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
that day; the very same day
shopping; purchased goods
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
property; fortune; assets
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
social meeting place; watering hole
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
continuation; succession; series
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
retainer; attendant; escort
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
hello; good day; good afternoon
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated