difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
light meal; snack; refreshments
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
preparation; arrangements
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
scene; spectacle; sight; view
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
long time; long interval; for quite some time
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
in person; personally; (do) oneself
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary