vitality; ability to earn a living
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
front; frontage; facade; main
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to manage something successfully; to be successful
comparatively; quite; rather
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
living together (with one more person)
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
flaring up; bursting into flames
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
attendance; presence; appearance
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
student; follower; students and pupils
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to become empty; to be emptied
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
in the same way as; just like
euglena (freshwater flagellate)
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
these days; nowadays; recently