marriage proposal; courtship
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
any more; any further; any better; any longer
impossible; unlikely; improbable
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
immediately; right away; on the spot
combination; spouse; husband or wife; married couple; husband and wife
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
almost every day; almost daily
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
suddenly; all of a sudden
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be infected; to be contagious
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
spouse; wife; husband; partner
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
nowadays; in this day and age
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
professor; teaching; instruction
bank; banking institution
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
railroad; railway; rail transport
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to become settled; to be fixed
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than