citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
at least; at most; (even) just
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
maid; helper; help; assistance
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
form; shape; figure; visage
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
at once; immediately; right now
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
that's the way it is; such is life
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance