wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
social meeting place; watering hole
to entertain; to make welcome
true state; actual condition; reality
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
originally; by nature; from the start
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
to shout (in anger); to yell
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to become better; to improve
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
reproachful; hateful; bitter
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance