reality; actuality; hard fact
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
village headman; village mayor
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
prohibition; inhibition; ban
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
son and heir; son who will succeed one
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
hot topic; talk of the town
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
unmarried; not yet married
woman; female; feminine gender
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
still; even now; to this day
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
wherein; therein; thereinto
alone; by oneself; on one's own
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all