material; substance; matter
one's family; family member
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
for work; in a manner related to work
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
palatial residence; stately mansion
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
this family; we; this house
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
intelligence gathering; information gathering
sales promotion; hard selling
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
straight-laced person; stubborn person
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
every person; each one; everybody