borscht (soup, usu. made with beetroot); borsch
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
landowner; landlord; landlady
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
human relations; personal relationships
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
adopted daughter; foster daughter
lovers; couple; soulmates; enthusiast; -aholic; -lover
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
area of holiday homes; area of villas
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
choice; selection; option
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
river; stream; River; the ... river
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
marriage proposal; courtship
manservant; male attendant; valet
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
with a boing; with a sproing; with a crack; with a pop; (hitting) with vigour; with a kick
fragment; scrap; piece; shred