gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
putting life into; animating; cheering up
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
same village; same town; same province
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
a help; an aid; some assistance
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
speech; expression; wording; language
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
handsome young man; Adonis
to shake; to waver; to tremble
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
bribe; sweetener; douceur
drinking bout; merrymaking
outsider; someone outside of a group
to take away; to carry away