to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
woman who forced her husband into marriage
please; somehow or other; one way or another
colour; color; hue; tints
to lose sight of; to miss
long ago; already; a long time ago
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
Lawrence; Laurence; Laurens
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
shrewd (dirty) trick; sinister scheme (design); sly art
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
marriage proposal; marriage talks
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
grandfather; male senior-citizen
academy of arts; arts academy