rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
inheritance; something given or received
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
calamity; misfortune; disaster
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
how long; how much; to what extent
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
will; testament; last request
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis