grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
finding employment; getting a job
tradition; legend; folklore
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
exploitation; overuse; abuse
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
to rush over; to run up to
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
most of all; extremely; supremely
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
general idea; concept; notion
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors