proposal; proposition; suggestion
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
at a stroke; with a single swoop
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
kitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
set of three; three sets; three classes
married woman; woman; lady
birth; creation; formation
friction; discord; strife
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
foundation stone; cornerstone
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up