scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage
passions; sexual desire; lust
change of voice (during puberty); break of voice
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; becoming flat (e.g. beer, carbonated drinks); becoming stale
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
in one's hands; in one's control
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to show signs of; to appear
late-night screening (at a movie theatre)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
high (government) official
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
morality; moral principles
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
another family; another house
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
disparate society; stratified society
enemy movements; enemy's position
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to worry about; to be vexed
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
see-through because of wetness (e.g. clothes)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
sightseer; spectator; viewer
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy