(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
to have a relationship; to have relations
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to serve; to work for; to attend
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
the opposite sex; isomerism
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
rather; better; instead; if anything
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
surrounding at a distance
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically