social dance; ballroom dancing
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to look around; to look towards (us)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after