wedded life; married life
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
hostess (in a hostess bar)
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to tumble down; to roll down
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
stepping back; drawing back
to offer (put up) resistance
to tear off; to strip; to rob
what do you want?; can I help you?
listening device; bug; wiretap
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished