immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
village headman; village mayor
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
devoted; self-sacrificing
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
weatherbeaten; exposed to rain
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
inner layer of clothing; inner garment (other than underwear)
button (clothing); push-button
colored pattern; coloured pattern
padded, sleeveless undergarment; vest
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
almost not able (to do something)