to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
village headman; village mayor
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
(family) relationship; connection
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
descendant; posterity; offspring
to discuss; to talk together
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself