Vocabulary

livelihood; living

previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; one's (late) father

suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate; reasonable

majority decision; majority vote; majority rule

falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency

section; cross section; profile

intelligence

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

(Japanese-style) living room

starting work (on); setting to work (on); setting about (doing); beginning; commencing; embarking on

butterfly

pipe; tube; cylinder

bursting; rupture; explosion

to drift; to float

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

boiling; seething

division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production

fine powder

unripe; green; immature

exemplar; model; example; pattern

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled

to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up

duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan

trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist

sunny place; in the sun

arranging; ordering; sequencing; lining up; laying out

inevitable; necessary; certain; sure

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

remains; traces; vestiges; relics

nomadism

inside out; upside down

gap; break; rift

look; glimpse; glance

one mind

liquid; fluid

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

money; currency; coin