men's bath; men's section in a public bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
table tennis table; ping-pong table
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
superiority; predominance
late at night; at a late hour
tax exemption; duty exemption
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
empress dowager; queen mother
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
generation; the world; the age
unbeatable; unbeaten; invincible
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to wash again; to reconsider
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
wand; (riverine) lagoon; fluvial lagoon
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation