proper; right; reasonable
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to keep face; to save face; to not lose face
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
like this; this sort; this way
in the future; another day; later
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
young girl; lass; adolescent female
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
within the jurisdiction of
artisan's temperament; character of a complete artisan
intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal
to take (be in) charge of
town; city; municipal; urban
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
mediator; manager; caretaker
unsettled; pending; unresolved
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
notice; attention; observation
spite; frustration; vexation
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
study of foreign languages; linguistics