a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to complain; to make a complaint
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
distant look; faraway look
great popularity; sensation; good reputation
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surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
family a woman has married into
older brother and younger sister
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
woman; lady; adult female
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
here and there; in places
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
good-looking; fair; beautiful
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...