sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
woman; lady; adult female
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
(present) head of a family
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
blood relationship; blood relative
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to stiffen; to become stiff
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
this family; we; this house
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
every year; yearly; annually
attendance; presence; appearance
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
departure; leaving; starting; standing
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
interior design; interior; upholstery
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to care for someone; to look after someone
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven