gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
surely; certainly; without doubt
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
regret; repentance; remorse
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
proposal; offer; request; application
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
stairs; stairway; staircase
to speak; to hear a voice
to show up; to appear; to turn up
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
(another's) daughter; young lady
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to be intimate with; to befriend
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
antiques business; curio dealer; secondhand dealer
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
in respect of; in regards to; as for