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social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

2

barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

1

the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty

1

how old; what age

1

fourteen; 14

5

younger; junior

4

special; exceptional

1

outward appearance; looks

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

2

to set aside

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

1

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

2

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

2

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

1

certain; sure; no doubt

1

by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

trespassing; intrusion

2

movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour

1

upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class

1

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

1

son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)

1

hall

1

magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion

1

imperial family; royalty

1

relative; relation; kin

2

this family; our family; this house; we

2

to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

1

puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

2

your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

2

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

2

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

sensation; great popularity; big stir; big splash

1

head; brains; intellect; understanding

1

choices; alternatives; options

1

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

1

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

1

to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

victim; injured party; sufferer

1