half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
essence; true nature; substance; reality
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to fight a battle; to have a fight
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to give; to do (something) for
first time; first; initial
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
moving out of a dormitory
leaving school during a term
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
keeping things tidy and in order
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
planning; project; plan; design
marriage proposal; courtship
very rich person; the super rich
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes