human relations; personal relationships
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
healthy; sound; wholesome
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
very much; exceedingly; extremely
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
social life; social intercourse
working for a company; being employed by a company
contrary to one's expectations
(not) even once; (not) ever
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
independence; self-reliance
to say; to tell; to state; to do
still (continuing); as ever; further
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand