bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
good policy; wise policy; best plan
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
your daughter; young woman
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
family; relatives; dependents; household
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
woman who brings the rain with her wherever she goes; woman who is constantly unlucky with the weather
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
in the mountains; among the mountains
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
bluish green; turquoise; aqua
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to face each other; to be opposite (to)