boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to dye; to colour; to color
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
nothing but; none other than
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
coexistence; living together
man; male; masculine gender
good impression; favorable impression
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
scene; sight; scenario; setting
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
fee; charge; rate; material
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
without thinking of the consequences
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
hereabouts; around there; that area
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
established practice; custom
watering hole; watering place
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression