promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
preface; introduction; preamble
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
silence (not speaking); muteness
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
in the same way as; just like
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to keep away; to keep at a distance
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to shake; to waver; to tremble
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
passions; sexual desire; lust
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
nothing but; none other than
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense