almost every day; almost daily
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
packed and sterilised food; retort pack
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
archipelago; group of islands
marine life; marine organism
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
to cover fully; to wrap around
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to make an appearance; to show up
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
cruise; navigation; sailing