neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to applaud; to cheer (for)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
courtesy call; courtesy visit
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
filial duties; devotion to one's parents
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface