news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to head home; to leave for home
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
than; other than; except; but
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
even if; even though; however; no matter how
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
to look down over; to look down on
a step; short distance; short time
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
(not) even once; (not) ever
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
your husband; her husband
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy