bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
increased tax revenue; tax increases
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
one's best interests; one's own good
presence; sitting with; being with
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
treatment; service; handling; management
polite; courteous; hospitable
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
to shade an account; to add something extra
addition; adding; supplement
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
duty; function; office; mission; task
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
recovery; undoing; recall
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
unexploded ordnance; unexploded shell; unexploded bomb; UXO
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
person with a bounty on their head
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)