route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
land agent; house agent; real estate agent
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
polite; courteous; hospitable
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
marked person (by the police, etc.); person to be watched; person considered dangerous; person on a watchlist
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
that's right; yes; uh-huh
to grow angry; to display one's anger
center; centre; metropolis
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely