subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
skillful; clever; versatile; handy
mending; repair; darning; patching up
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
humming a tune (while doing something else)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to comb down; to smooth down
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
manservant; male attendant; valet
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
stable boy; stable hand; groom
being in love with each other
distrust; unjust suspicion
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
human relations; personal relationships
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance