temporary sewing; basting
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
elopement; running away with a lover
to put one's hand on; to touch
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to lean against; to set against
young girl; lass; adolescent female
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
court (of law); courtroom
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
order; sequence; procedure
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
inner citadel; core; center; centre
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
sanity; consciousness; soberness
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
way out; means to escape; escape route
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
what people say; rumours; public opinion
disadvantageous; long (odds)
optimist; easy-going person
carrying voice; well-projected voice
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)