income; receipts; revenue
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
one's every action; every single move
father; dad; husband; you; he
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
(social) position; status
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
high rating; good reputation
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
cash bonus; reward; bounty
unconfirmed; unidentified
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
very interesting; of great interest
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
clerk; office worker; kulak
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
taking one's lover to a hotel
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
guess; conjecture; surmise
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
(how) many times; (how) often
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
point in common; common feature
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down