twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
dipping up (night soil); scooping up; understanding; grasping; surmising
charitable person; philanthropist
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
anti-establishment; anti-government
participants; participating athletes
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
bleachers; grandstand; spectator seating
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
parting ways after a quarrel
a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask of you
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
no sleep or rest; working day and night
10th day of the month; ten days
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
going back to sleep; sleeping in
precipice; cliff; flat head
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to take responsibility for; to take the blame for
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
heroine; brave woman; spirited woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
the way back; the way home; return trip