head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
whether one wants to or not; without choice
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
man; male; masculine gender
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
it's been a long time; long time no see
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to be hesitant; to feel timid
topic of discussion; agenda
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible