inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
calamity; disaster; accident
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
great war; great battle; world war
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies
in succession; one by one
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
way (of doing); manner; method; means
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
sanity; consciousness; soberness
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
achievement of one's goal; goal achievement
firm promise; definite promise
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)