painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
not covered (by); not subject (to)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
that's right; yes; uh-huh
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
man; male; masculine gender
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
myself; yourself; I; me; you
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
business magazine; financial magazine; economic magazine
study; diligence; discount; reduction
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
name; given name; first name