considerably; greatly; a lot
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; meaningless parlor debate; dialogue at cross purposes
does not; can not; will not
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
(another's) daughter; young lady
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
untidy (room, pile, etc.); messy; cluttered; disorderly; jumbled (e.g. thoughts); chaotic (lifestyle, atmosphere, etc.)
electricity; (electric) light
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
retort (vessel used for distillation); retort (airtight vessel used to heat and sterilize canned or retort-pouch food)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
library (usu. single-room); small library
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
rattan chair; cane chair; wicker chair
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
calm; composed; cool; quiet