care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
to do together; to share; to participate in
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
on one hand; on the other hand
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
impossible; unlikely; improbable
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
uneducated; uncultured; unrefined; ignorant
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
complete lie; outright lie
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage