heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
boarding house; school dormitory
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to be silent; to say nothing
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
don't you think?; indicates question
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
beginning; outset; first; onset
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
last night; yesterday evening
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
man; male; masculine gender
having said that; on the other hand
mistress; kept woman; concubine
so; like this; in this way
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing