advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
treatment; service; handling; management
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
unable to resist; unable to suppress
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley
elder sister; effeminate man
maid; helper; help; assistance
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
battlefield; battleground
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
Bible; bible (authoritative book in a particular sphere)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
real thing; original; actual
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
with a start; with a jump
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
truth is stranger than fiction