fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
wicked thought; wicked mind
to squeeze out; to wring out
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
promiscuous woman; wanton girl
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
to call for somebody's participation
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
long ago; a long time ago; already
opposite side; other side; other party
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
cattleya (type of orchid)
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
life; living; I; me; student