optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
reality; actuality; hard fact
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
all night long; all through the night
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
another thing; exception; special case
after that; afterwards; thereafter
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
no!; no no!; no, not at all
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual