violent explosion; bursting
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
to be able to manage somehow or another
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
crops; agricultural produce
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
older sister and younger brother
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
changing clothes; change of clothes
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
criticism; commentary; review
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
proposal; proposition; suggestion
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually