breaking off an engagement
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
ability; capability; skill
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
graduation ceremony; commencement
memories; recollections; reminiscence
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
menial; meanness; servility; abject
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
prudence; discretion; thought
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever