menial; meanness; servility; abject
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
young master; young gentleman
however; having said that; but
same trade; same business; same profession
insubordination; outlawry
trial; judgement; judgment
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
death by hanging; execution by hanging
no, not like that (but like this)
bravery; courage; heroism
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
great cause; moral law; justice
distress; wretched condition
(humble) man; coarse man; rustic
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
patriarch; head of a family
now that; since; so long as; because
start; beginning; first step; clue
going into battle; departure for the front
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
as you see; as you can see
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
employer's house; master's house
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory