pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
maid; helper; help; assistance
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
brunette; woman or girl with brown skin or eyes
of course; certainly; naturally
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to order; to command; to appoint
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
private tutor; coach; governess
to employ; to hire; to charter
should; must; -able; probably; likely
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
results; record; grades; marks
fluent (in a language); flowing
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
company; corporation; workplace
property; fortune; assets
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)