lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
business; work; operations; service; duties
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
washhouse; place for cleaning one's laundry
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
perfect; complete; flawless
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
evening assembly (company)
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
... years old; age (of) ...
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
exclusive; attached to; specialist
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run