drama; play; powerful drug
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to come to an end; to close the curtain
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
pomade; balm; perfumed oil
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain; rain that comes after a drought
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
treating someone like a child
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
goggle-eyes; round, sunken eyes; greedy look
opinion; point of view; visual point
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for