after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
visit (from someone); call
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
everything; anything; nothing
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to be accepted by a university
family a woman has married into
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
thereupon; shortly thereafter
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
reasoning; logic; persuasion
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
water heater; (domestic) boiler
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
chilly feeling after a bath
enlightenment; illumination
that is to say; so that means
in that manner; like that
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
of the same age; age-matched
treachery; betrayal; perfidy