to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
powerless; helpless; incompetent
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
to serve; to work for; to attend
ago; since; before; previous
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
granted that; even if; even though
person of doubtful origin
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save